Fisheries & Aquaculture Update

Science Centres: Aquaculture and Biotechnology, Fisheries

This newsletter is a joint publication by the National Centre for Fisheries and the National Centre for Aquaculture and Biotechnology. It reports relevant research findings and events.

Issues

No.29 2008

New insights on orange roughy
New research on orange roughy stocks by NIWA scientists Matt Dunn and Ian Doonan is beginning to answer some longstanding puzzles.

Antarctic silverfish - first-ever acoustic estimates

Dodging the monsoons - fisheries survey in Oman

Some like it hot

Breakthrough in sea cucumber culture

Breakthrough in sea cucumber culture
Some like it hot
Dodging the monsoons - fisheries survey in Oman
New insights on orange roughy
Antarctic silverfish - first-ever acoustic estimates

No.28 2008

Breakthrough in kingfish aquaculture

Biotechnology solutions for sustainable aquaculture

Tags reveal long and deep shark migrations

New regional manager for Bream Bay Aquaculture Park

First-ever tethered hoki measurements

New regional manager for Bream Bay Aquaculture Park
First-ever tethered hoki measurements
Breakthrough in kingfish aquaculture
Biotechnology solutions for sustainable aquaculture
Tags reveal long and deep shark migrations

No.27 2007

Getting a better grip on eels
Native freshwater eels support important commercial, recreational, and Māori customary fisheries throughout New Zealand. NIWA is the leading provider of scientific research and advice on eels to the Ministry of Fisheries.

Insight into hoki stocks

Improving treatments for fish diseases

Novel bioactive coatings show promise in anti-fouling trials

Keeping tabs on blue cod

Novel bioactive coatings show promise in anti-fouling trials
Getting a better grip on eels
Improving treatments for fish diseases
Insight into hoki stocks
Keeping tabs on blue cod

No.26 2007

Bluff oyster fisheries - fulfilling their potential

A first in land-based polyculture

Aquaculture on the road

Orange roughy caught on camera

East coast kahawai in good health

Bluff oyster fisheries - fulfilling their potential
A first in land-based polyculture
East coast kahawai in good health
Aquaculture on the road
Orange roughy caught on camera

No.25 2007

Fisheries resource survey in Oman

Forging ahead with high-performance broodstock

Cashing in on fish waste

TerraMarine brings gout relief closer

Antarctic fisheries and ecosystems

Forging ahead with high-performance broodstock
Antarctic fisheries and ecosystems
Fisheries resource survey in Oman
TerraMarine brings gout relief closer
Cashing in on fish waste

No.24 2007

Recreational shellfish gathering on Banks Peninsula

New algal production system comes online at Bream Bay

How temperature affects kingfish larval quality

Deepsea corals and fisheries

Age validation of deepsea fish

New algal production system comes online at Bream Bay
Deepsea corals and fisheries
Age validation of deepsea fish
How temperature affects kingfish larval quality
Recreational shellfish gathering on Banks Peninsula

No.01 2002

Welcome to the National Centre for Fisheries and Aquaculture

New Centre eases moratorium worries

Bream Bay Aquaculture ready for opening day

More surveys of Bonamia in Foveaux Strait oysters

Sharing knowledge of bath-sponge aquaculture and market potential with marine farmers

Snapper tagging study to assess west coast stock

Short-term fattening of wild caught shortfinned eels

Sharing knowledge of bath-sponge aquaculture and market potential with marine farmers
Short-term fattening of wild caught shortfinned eels
New Centre eases moratorium worries
Bream Bay Aquaculture ready for opening day
More surveys of Bonamia in Foveaux Strait oysters

No.02 2002

The growth of the aquaculture industry

Bream Bay Aquaculture

The Te Ohu Kai Moana perspective

A handbook of diseases of importance to aquaculture in New Zealand

Bream Bay Aquaculture
A handbook of diseases of importance to aquaculture in New Zealand
The growth of the aquaculture industry
The Te Ohu Kai Moana perspective

No.03 2002

New and upgraded NIWA Satellite Data Services

Using line fishing to count fish

Culture of the native red seaweed Gigartina atropurpurea

Oyster feasts and famines - food for thought

Growing sponges in New Zealand

Snapper tagging release phase complete

New manager for Mahanga Bay

Bream Bay is now up and running

Bream Bay is now up and running
Using line fishing to count fish
New manager for Mahanga Bay
New and upgraded NIWA Satellite Data Services
Oyster feasts and famines - food for thought

No.04 2002

Fishery survey in the Middle East

Assessing the sustainability of seafood production

Does the set of the ropes affect mussel spat catches?

Predicting commercial catches of red cod for the next season

Introducing...

Predicting commercial catches of red cod for the next season
Introducing...
Assessing the sustainability of seafood production
Does the set of the ropes affect mussel spat catches?
Fishery survey in the Middle East

No.05 2002

Enhancing reefs with juvenile lobsters

NIWA training for aquaculture

Tracking blue cod in Fiordland

What's best for mussels?

A helping hand from Australia

Hunting hoki in Cook Strait: the 2002 winter survey

Fishing stunted paua stocks

Enhancing paua fisheries

Foveaux Strait oyster update

Chasing southern blue whiting in the south

A helping hand from Australia
Tracking blue cod in Fiordland
Enhancing paua fisheries
Hunting hoki in Cook Strait: the 2002 winter survey
What's best for mussels?

No.06 2003

Ensuring a sustainable Ross Sea toothfish fishery

Food matters for seahorses

Lobster larvae can cross the Tasman

What happens under that mussel farm?

Overfishing leads to loss of genetic diversity

Encouraging results from freshwater eel culture

Farming paua in recirculation systems - fad or future?

Overfishing leads to loss of genetic diversity
Encouraging results from freshwater eel culture
Ensuring a sustainable Ross Sea toothfish fishery
Lobster larvae can cross the Tasman
What happens under that mussel farm?

No.07 2003

NIWA cracks kingfish hatchery production

Bream Bay Aquaculture Park hosts nutrition expert

Innovative deepsea conference

The need for, and the needs of, paua seed hatcheries

Introduction to paua cultivation

Pegasus Canyon hoki survey

Counting scampi with cameras

Where do west coast snapper come from?

Recreational fisheries provide insights into kahawai populations

Enhancing urchin roe value

Why a National Centre for Fisheries & Aquaculture?

Innovative deepsea conference
The need for, and the needs of, paua seed hatcheries
Pegasus Canyon hoki survey
Recreational fisheries provide insights into kahawai populations
NIWA cracks kingfish hatchery production

No.08 2003

Natural products and Bioactives research at NIWA

Aquaculture of a sponge for bioactives

Something good from toxic blooms

Replacing bad bugs with good bugs

The team

Enabling our Aquaculture Research

Lobster recirculation systems

Recirculation – the way forward for paua

Northland - a region with aquaculture potential

Replacing bad bugs with good bugs
Lobster recirculation systems
Northland - a region with aquaculture potential
Recirculation – the way forward for paua
Natural products and Bioactives research at NIWA

No.09 2004

A trick of the light: suppressing maturation in farmed salmon

New aquaculture species attract research funding

NIWA's new aquaculture research leader

Great age for rubyfish and bluenose

Pioneering research scientist retires

Artificial eel diets have potential

Great age for rubyfish and bluenose
New aquaculture species attract research funding
Artificial eel diets have potential
NIWA's new aquaculture research leader
Pioneering research scientist retires

No.10 2004

Orange roughy: working together to assess fish stocks

Orange roughy: the Irish connection

NIWA oysters are winners

Lobsters launched

Good news for hake fishery

Kingfish go commercial

Paua training

Good news for hake fishery
Kingfish go commercial
Lobsters launched
Orange roughy: the Irish connection
NIWA oysters are winners

No.11 2004

Whangaroa Harbour open again for oyster harvest

Satellite data service saves money

Natural solution to fouling problem

Fish stocks in Antarctica

First swordfish assessment

Fish stocks in Antarctica
Whangaroa Harbour open again for oyster harvest
Satellite data service saves money
Natural solution to fouling problem
First swordfish assessment

No.12 2005

Paua to the Chathams

Exporting NZ fisheries expertise to Chile

Salmon smolts delivered

Science improves fisheries decisions

Kingfish farm opens

Exporting NZ fisheries expertise to Chile
Science improves fisheries decisions
Kingfish farm opens
Paua to the Chathams

No.13 2005

Changes at the helm

DNA barcoding of all marine fishes

Acoustics in the Atlantic

Polyculture first

Pacific oyster spat production expands

Acoustics in the Atlantic
DNA barcoding of all marine fishes
Changes at the helm
Pacific oyster spat production expands
Polyculture first

No.14 2005

Diet boosts lobster returns

Scampi on candid camera

Toothfish: a $20 million fishery

Growing sponges to fight cancer

Diet boosts lobster returns
Scampi on candid camera
Growing sponges to fight cancer
Toothfish: a $20 million fishery

No.15 2005

Bluff oysters & blue cod: something special in the deep south

The hunt for helpful bacteria from the sea

NIWA in Iran

Kina a winner: research doubles roe yield

Too many blokes

The hunt for helpful bacteria from the sea
Too many blokes
NIWA in Iran
Kina a winner: research doubles roe yield
Bluff oysters & blue cod: something special in the deep south

No.16 2005

'Huge' boost to farm's profitability

By hoki! MFish chief joins crew

The farm that Ivan built

Would you like fries with that?

From hoki to kahawai...

'Huge' boost to farm's profitability
The farm that Ivan built
Would you like fries with that?
By hoki! MFish chief joins crew
From hoki to kahawai...

No.17 2005

Antarctic toothfish stock assessment wins CCAMLR approval

Modelling the effects of fishing on the Ross Sea ecosystem

First steps towards a seaweed farming industry

Another busy season for fisheries surveys

TerraMarine files for first patent

TerraMarine files for first patent
Modelling the effects of fishing on the Ross Sea ecosystem
Another busy season for fisheries surveys
First steps towards a seaweed farming industry
Antarctic toothfish stock assessment wins CCAMLR approval

No.18 2006

Kingfish make the leap

Anti-fouling trials begin

Farming bath sponges in Fiji

Understanding freshwater crayfish

Sounding out pelagic fish

Understanding freshwater crayfish
Kingfish make the leap
Sounding out pelagic fish
Farming bath sponges in Fiji
Anti-fouling trials begin

No.19 2006

Bumper year for Otago Harbour salmon

UV protection from fish waste

Challenger orange roughy stocks surveyed

NIWA sponsors mussel festival

Toheroa monitoring

Challenger orange roughy stocks surveyed
NIWA sponsors mussel festival
Bumper year for Otago Harbour salmon
Toheroa monitoring
UV protection from fish waste

No.20 2006

More oysters please

Exploring new fisheries: surf clams and deepwater crabs

More value from kina

Cancer-fighting sponges get a boost

Hoki stocks holding up

Exploring new fisheries: surf clams and deepwater crabs
Hoki stocks holding up
More value from kina
More oysters please
Cancer-fighting sponges get a boost

No.21 2006

Potential uses of mussel farm nuisances

Tracking Pacific swordfish

Giving eels a lift

New plan for Bluff oyster fishery

Instant health check on mussel spat

Giving eels a lift
Instant health check on mussel spat
New plan for Bluff oyster fishery
Potential uses of mussel farm nuisances
Tracking Pacific swordfish

No.22 2006

Tracking snapper in the Gulf

Climate drives poor mussel yields

Rock lobster travel routes

Sea cucumbers - valuable waste disposers

Beneficial oils from marine microbes

Climate drives poor mussel yields
Rock lobster travel routes
Beneficial oils from marine microbes
Tracking snapper in the Gulf
Sea cucumbers - valuable waste disposers

No.23 2007

Seabirds and fisheries

Rock lobster travel routes

A window on recreational fisheries

Balancing the ecosystem around mussel farms

Balancing the ecosystem around mussel farms
Rock lobster travel routes
A window on recreational fisheries
Seabirds and fisheries