Marine NZ

Human Chain for Conservation Week

19 Aug 2009 | 1 Comments

Get involved this Conservation Week - join in on the world first – marine reserve human chain event!!!!
The Experiencing Marine Reserves (EMR) programme would like to invite you or your organization to support or participate in the Whangarei Harbour Marine Reserve Human Chain event on Wednesday 16Th September 2009 (Friday the 18th back up). This is an exciting event that will make a huge difference to awareness in our community, go down in history, be nationally televised and you or your organization could support or be a part of it.

New spieces found in Fiordland

10 Mar 2009 | 0 Comments

Scientists believe they have found new species after two weeks surveying New Zealand Fiordland’s underwater “china shops” said a media statement released today. 

Wellington Marine Information System and CD Just Released

05 Oct 2009 | 0 Comments

Knowledge gleaned about Wellington’s marine environment over more than century, has been brought together in an interactive CD, to help guide decision makers.

Department of Conservation marine ecologist Helen Kettles said a lack of accessible information on the marine environment prompted the department to create a repository of marine research.

“When issues arose, agencies involved in managing the marine environment had to go digging for information to guide them.”

“It was time consuming and there was potential for duplication of effort. The marine environment coming under increasing pressure from coastal development, marine energy, fishing, pollution so it’s important to have easily accessible information to help make good decisions.”