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News and updates about our research, outreach and engagement
Posted on 25 August 2017
Article in Seafood NZ magazine
The latest issue has a feature about our research, what it means for fishing and aquaculture, the diverse stakeholders involved, and what the Challenge is trying to achieve.
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Posted on 18 August 2017
New expertise for leadership team
We are pleased to announce that Conrad Pilditch and Janet Stephenson have joined the Science Leadership Team, bringing both continuity and new blood.
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Posted on 03 August 2017
Seafood industry conference
Three of our researchers presented at the conference’s Technical Day (2 August). The day was attended by around 80 representatives from industry, government agencies, researchers, and experts.
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Posted on 26 July 2017
Lessons learned from Canada
A recently published paper in AlterNative identifies 5 elements to consider when developing ecosystem-based management (EBM) for Aotearoa. Our project investigating indigenous approaches to EBM completed in early 2017.
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Posted on 18 July 2017
Tipping Points hosts interdisciplinary workshop
15 PhD students and postdocs from across New Zealand came together to discuss estuarine science and share ideas, as they developed sampling plans for the national Tipping Points experiment.
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Posted on 05 July 2017
Plenary at AMSA 2017
Director Julie Hall gave the plenary address on 4 July at the Australian Marine Sciences Association conference in Darwin.
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Posted on 04 July 2017
Sediment and seabed species
Experiments have begun investigating the effect of sedimentation from human activities on offshore seabed species.
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Posted on 30 June 2017
David Schiel steps down as Dynamic Seas leader
Today (30 June) is the end of Prof David Schiel’s tenure as Programme Leader, but we are pleased he remains involved in several research projects.
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Posted on 29 June 2017
‘Betty’ returns with info about eddies
In May, Betty (an ocean glider), spent 24 days travelling 610km through the Cook Strait’s turbulent waters continuously recording temperature, salinity, oxygen concentration, light, acoustic recordings, and more.
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Posted on 27 June 2017
Māori researchers’ hui
With all but one of our research projects underway, the time was right to bring our cohort of Māori researchers together to share research findings and discuss important issues such…
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Posted on 26 June 2017
Uncovering the seas’ secrets
Meet Betty, an amazing piece of marine technology that gives us detailed information about the oceans that we couldn’t get any other way.
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Posted on 22 June 2017
He Pou Tokomanawa: project launch
A new Tangaroa project officially launched on 14 June with a pōwhiri at Wakatū marae in Nelson.
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