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Posted on 30 June 2023

Seafood Magazine: Visible footprints on the seafloor

Shared with permission from Seafood New Zealand Magazine - June 2023Knowledge is power — and knowing exactly how large a trawl footprint is on the sea floor can help fishers…

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Posted on 30 June 2023

Media Coverage June 2023

Our oceans are in deep trouble – a 'mountains to sea' approach could make a real differenceThe Conversation – Leader of our Enhancing EBM practices research theme Karen Fisher shares…

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Posted on 20 June 2023

Te Au o Te Moana – Voice of the Ocean: Shaun Awatere

Shaun Awatere leads the Tangaroa research theme, which places Māori at its centre and aims to promote and support Māori-led or partnered projects to enable direct benefits to those iwi and hapū…

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Posted on 01 June 2023

Media Coverage April/May 2023

Commercial fishers flock to protected areas95bFM The Green Desk — Researchers have found that commercial fishing activity increases sharply near new marine protected areas.

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Posted on 15 May 2023

New research reveals a change in fisher behaviour around offshore marine protected areas

Globally, marine protected areas (MPAs) are used as a marine conservation tool, with many studies demonstrating that the fish biomass from within the MPA can “spillover” into the surrounding non-MPA…

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Posted on 20 April 2023

Te Au o Te Moana – 2023 conference highlights

View recordings Connecting Te Au o Te Moana with the voices of our researchers, co-developers, and Māori partners resonated strongly across the Sustainable Seas 2023 three-day conference.

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Posted on 17 April 2023

Seafood Magazine: New tools developed to support multi-species management

A collaborative research project by Fisheries New Zealand (FNZ) and Sustainable Seas National Science Challenge has explored how mapping and modelling tools can support multi-species finfish management.

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Posted on 04 April 2023

Media Coverage March 2023

The wahine professor who is making waves in marine scienceStuff – A star above and below the water.

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Posted on 03 March 2023

Media Coverage in February 2023

The impact of back-to-back storms Science Media Centre – Professor Conrad Pilditch provided an expert reaction on the unseen costs of extreme weather events for our estuarine and coastal ecosystems.

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Posted on 15 February 2023

Seafood Magazine: FNZ project to help monitor health of the Hauraki Gulf

Shared with permission from Seafood New Zealand Magazine - February 2023The Sustainable Seas Challenge and Fisheries New Zealand are co-leading a new project looking at Ecosystem-Based Fisheries Management (EBFM) in Te Moananui-a-Toi,…

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Posted on 10 February 2023

Te Au o Te Moana - Voice of the Ocean: Julie Hall

Julie Hall loves a storm. “I love being on the beach when there's lots of wind and the waves are crashing. It makes you respect nature.

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Posted on 01 February 2023

Seaweed holds sway as the number one topic

A glance at the most-viewed tools and resources on the Sustainable Seas Challenge website in 2022 makes it clear that rimurimu (seaweed) takes the crown as the topic of most…

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