Fisheries
Good science is essential for sustainable fisheries management, leaving food and business for the future.
Research projects
Featured research project
Fish resources assessment survey of the Arabian Sea coast of Oman
Date: April 15, 2009
The first comprehensive fisheries survey in the Arabian Sea off Oman for 18 years. Providing Oman’s Ministry of Fisheries Wealth with robust data for sustainable fisheries management. Read more about Fish resources assessment survey of the Arabian Sea coast of Oman
Our Services
NIWA is the main provider of fisheries resource surveys, catch monitoring and stock assessment research for New Zealand fisheries, and has been engaged across the world by agencies and governments to provide advice, review, training and services in these areas. Read more about Our Services
eHarvest
NIWA provides a real-time monitoring and reporting service to various sectors of the New Zealand Shellfish Industry. Read more about eHarvest
News
Unique videos of orange roughy give scientists new insights
Date: July 12, 2010
NIWA scientists have captured never seen before footage of schools of orange roughy swimming above a seamount nearly a kilometre below the ocean surface. Read more about Unique videos of orange roughy give scientists new insights
Publications
The Fisheries and Aquaculture centres share a publication which highlights their research. Read more about Publications
Fisheries & Aquaculture Update
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. Read more about Fisheries & Aquaculture Update
Tools
NIWA provides software and systems to analyse fisheries. Read more about Tools
CASAL
This advanced software package implements a generalised age- or length-structured fish stock assessment model that allows a great deal of choice in specifying the population dynamics, parameter estimation, and model outputs. Read more about CASAL
CREST
CREST is a highly adaptable approach to fisheries and other acoustic data acquisition, using the concept of a "software echo sounder". Computer-based, it lets us combine acoustic data with navigational, environmental and other data as required. Read more about CREST