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Large number of new marine species found on research voyage. Scientists on an expedition to the underexplored Bounty Trough off New Zealand have discovered around 100 new and potentially new […]
Careful fish handling can help support sustainable fisheries. New information on the survival rates of snapper that are caught, then released, could help fishers save hundreds of thousands of fish […]
Mission to assess undersea impact of Tongan volcanic eruption. NIWA and The Nippon Foundation are undertaking a mission to discover the undersea impacts of the recent Tongan volcanic eruption. In a […]
Cutting-edge AI sea craft helping scientists count fish. A robot sea craft is the latest tool NIWA scientists in New Zealand are using to help them count fish. The six-metre-long […]
NZ project extends ocean acidification monitoring network. A joint National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) and Department of Conservation (DOC) project is extending New Zealand’s ocean acidification monitoring […]
Ocean plastic simulator now covers New Zealand’s entire coastline. An advanced ocean plastic simulator first launched in 2019 can now track the movement of virtual plastic pollution along New Zealand’s […]
NZ marine research ship cuts short scientific voyage. New Zealand research institute’s NIWA’s flagship research ship Tangaroa returned to Wellington early at the end of the March after cutting short an international […]
Diversity of Antarctic marine life stuns researchers. The rich diversity of marine life near Scott Base in Antarctica has stunned scientists diving under the ice to set up environmental monitoring […]
Antarctic science trip reveals toothfish secrets. The New Zealand ship Janas has recently returned from a six-week winter research voyage to the Ross Sea where scientists made the first observations […]
New Zealand snapper survey. New Zealand fisheries scientists aboard NIWA (National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research) research vessel Kaharoa are trying to understand how many one and two-year-old snapper […]
New research on threats facing dolphins. A new scientific assessment of Hector’s and Māui dolphins has led to a revised understanding of their biology, their distribution and their main threats. […]
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