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News and updates about our research, outreach and engagement
Posted on 13 May 2020
Innovation Fund is open for blue economy initiatives
We invite NZ-based researchers, industry, stakeholders and Māori to submit expressions of Interest (EoIs) for research projects that will contribute directly to building a ‘blue economy’ in Aotearoa.
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Posted on 27 September 2019
Symposium shows good science key to successful open ocean aquaculture
Collaboration, science and innovation combined with New Zealand aquaculture’s pioneering spirit will lead the way for open ocean aquaculture development around New Zealand, the Cawthron Institute says, after hosting the…
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Posted on 29 July 2019
Sharing our latest sedimentation science
In a workshop hosted in Wellington in early May, NIWA and Victoria University of Wellington researchers shared their latest findings on the effects of sediment on both shallow water and…
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Posted on 29 July 2019
Understanding food webs to help manage coastal resources
A study of coastal food webs has revealed how ecosystem-based approaches to marine management could improve management of fish stocks and biodiversity in our changing coastal ocean.
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Posted on 17 July 2019
New faces on stakeholder panel
We would like to extend a warm welcome to Sharleen Gargiulo and Oliver Wade who have recently joined our Stakeholder Panel.
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Posted on 12 December 2018
Assessing marine ecosystems to improve management
Sustainable Seas National Science Challenge researchers are hoping that marine health data gathered on a recent field trip to Queen Charlotte Sounds will support more integrated management of the ecosystem.
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Posted on 24 October 2018
Improving how we predict marine fish distributions
To improve management of marine ecosystems and help conservation, decision-makers need to understand how marine life is distributed over large ocean areas.
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Posted on 19 December 2017
Social licence and NZ aquaculture
Our research has found that personal relationships go a long way towards aquaculture companies gaining/maintaining community acceptance and social licence to operate.
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Posted on 20 February 2017
RV Polaris II: photo diary, part 2
Alex Connolly, MSc student at University of Otago, shares a photo diary of her first research voyage, on the RV Polaris II.
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Posted on 15 February 2017
RV Polaris II: photo diary, part 1
Alex Connolly, an MSc student at University of Otago, shares a photo diary of her first research voyage, on board RV Polaris II.
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Posted on 09 February 2017
Investigating food webs from Kaikoura to Golden Bay
In January the University of Otago’s research vessel Polaris II embarked from Dunedin on its latest marine science voyage.
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