Monitoring our marine reserves: A snapshot into a thriving eco-system
MIL OSI – Source: Department of Conservation – Release/Statement Headline: Monitoring our marine reserves: A snapshot into a thriving eco-system Marine Ranger Tom MacTavish takes us through the fourth installment in our blog series from the marine reserve monitoring project at Banks Peninsula using baited underwater video (BUV). Using BUV, deployments were made across five […]
Read More →Monitoring our Marine Reserves: An eye beneath the water
MIL OSI – Source: Department of Conservation – Release/Statement Headline: Monitoring our Marine Reserves: An eye beneath the water We catch up with Tom MacTavish, a Marine Ranger, undertaking monitoring at Banks Peninsula’s marine reserves. This is the first blog in a series following his work with baited remote underwater video.
Read More →Celebrating the Chinese New Year in Auckland
MIL OSI – Source: Department of Conservation – Release/Statement Headline: Celebrating the Chinese New Year in Auckland By Yen Li Lim, Visitor Centre Ranger To celebrate the Chinese New Year, DOC staff in Auckland recently took the opportunity to reach out to the local community by attending the Chinese New Year Festival and Market Day. […]
Read More →Blue cod waterslide
MIL OSI – Source: Department of Conservation – Release/Statement Headline: Blue cod waterslide Here at DOC we go the extra mile for the species we protect, and sometimes that means creating a bespoke blue cod waterslide. Blue cod Recently one of our marine scientists headed out to Long Island – Kokomohua Marine Reserve to survey the blue […]
Read More →Keeping an eye on the crayfish
MIL OSI – Source: Department of Conservation – Release/Statement Headline: Keeping an eye on the crayfish In the last 14 years, thousands of rock lobster (colloquially known as crayfish/koura) in and around Te Tapuwae o Rongokako Marine Reserve have been caught, sexed, measured, checked and carefully returned to their homes. Threatened Species Ambassador Nic Toki […]
Read More →Potting for cod in a Marlborough Sounds marine reserve
MIL OSI – Source: Department of Conservation – Release/Statement Headline: Potting for cod in a Marlborough Sounds marine reserve A while back we talked to Tom, a ranger in Akaroa who was working with MPI and NIWA to survey the marine reserves on Banks Peninsula. The survey looked at blue cod numbers in the two […]
Read More →Marine kaitiaki snorkel Poor Knights Marine Reserve
MIL OSI – Source: Department of Conservation – Release/Statement Headline: Marine kaitiaki snorkel Poor Knights Marine Reserve A group of students from Northland, Auckland, Coromandel, Taranaki, Gisborne, Wellington, Nelson and Otago were recently invited on a special trip to Poor Knights Islands Marine Reserve. Students observing life beneath the surface at the Poor Knight Islands […]
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