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
NIWA has invested more than $2.5 million in this new aquaculture production and research facility to help New Zealand meet the growing demand for seafood. The Bream Bay facility, at Ruakaka, just south of Whangarei, was completed in April this year.
by B.K. Diggles, P.M. Hine, S. Handley, and N.C. Boustead
NIWA Science and Technology Series No. 49. Price $95 (incl. GST and postage)
This 200 page handbook covers much of what is known about the diseases of fish and shellfish in New Zealand.
For each disease, information is given on the species and life stage affected, the gross signs, the causative agent, diagnosis, treatment and prevention, and worldwide and local distribution.
Much of the future growth in the seafood industry will come from the expansion of aquaculture. After centuries of practice we have become adept at farming our land. We are now rapidly becoming more adept at farming our waters, making innovative use of new knowledge and technologies.
We are fortunate in New Zealand to have world-class researchers in aquaculture, many of them at the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA).
Maori are at the forefront of New Zealand’s aquaculture industry. Iwi initiatives – developed solely by iwi or through joint ventures with the Treaty of Waitangi Fisheries Commission subsidiary companies – are currently underway on the east coast of the North and South Islands, the Bay of Plenty, Thames, Auckland, and Northland, to name a few areas.
New Zealand aquaculture is growing in both volume and value and offers good opportunities to put more Maori into the business of fishing.
