Science Centres: Fisheries

Rarely seen: this 5 cm long orange roughy, picked up by the survey, is one to two years old.

New Zealand expertise in orange roughy is being sought as far afield as Ireland.

The Irish government’s Marine Institute has contracted NIWA to provide training in ageing orange roughy and acoustic survey techniques to some of its own fisheries researchers and industry representatives. An Irish scientist was on-board Tangaroa to be trained in deepwater survey techniques during the latest orange roughy survey. Early next year, NIWA will be conducting an acoustic survey of orange roughy off the west coast of Ireland.