Antarctica

Find out more about the toothfish fishery, including its history, catch, sea ice influences and fishery operational requirements.

Find out about the biology of the Antarctic toothfish.

Find out more about fisheries in the Southern Ocean, New Zealand's role, and fisheries management.

NIWA’s Antarctic fisheries research is allowing us to investigate possible effects of the longline Antarctic toothfish fishery on the toothfish population and on the local ecosystem.

NIWA may lose valuable scientific equipment after two massive icebergs broke off the Antarctic coastline over the weekend.

What does NIWA do? The answer might surprise you.
This video is an introduction to NIWA scientists and the wide range of work they do. Our staff work across freshwater,climate and ocean research platforms throughout New Zealand and the wider Pacific region.

We don’t clearly understand the ecological effects of commerical toothfish fishing in the Ross Sea region. To improve our knowledge, we conducted a survey of demersal (bottom-dwelling) fish species on the Ross Sea slope - particularly grenadiers and icefish - during the 2015 Antarctic Ecosystems Voyage.

ACRE Antarctica is a project within the Deep South National Science Challenge.

The year 2015 was sunny for most of New Zealand, and drier than normal for some of the country.

Carrying out scientific experiments in the coldest part of the world is tough — even tougher if you’re miles away from Scott Base in a shipping container. But one NIWA scientist insists it’s a lot of fun.

The Southern Ocean is under-sampled. Data collected continuously during the Antarctic Ecosystems Voyagehelped fill an important knowledge gap about oceanographic and atmospheric processes in this important region.