Aquaculture

NIWA is leading the sustainable growth of Aotearoa New Zealand's aquaculture industry.

NIWA is contributing to an international effort to help developing countries reduce the impact of biofouling on aquatic-based industries and environments.

You can’t take a trip to the Marlborough Sounds and fail to notice the patchwork of buoys bobbing in the blue waters. Suspended under these buoys are kilometres of lines, each in turn with their own much smaller lines trailing beneath. These lines, less than a millimetre in diameter, are the anchoring byssal threads (or beards) of green-lipped mussels.

A project is under way to determine whether Aotearoa New Zealand’s long defunct rock oyster industry can be revived.

Aquaculture scientist Dr Alvin Setiawan talks about NIWA's Northland Marine Research Centre.

Dr Alvin Setiawan talks about recirculating aquaculture systems.

People along the Kapiti and Wanganui coast may spot NIWA’s research vessel Kaharoa operating close to shore in the next few weeks as scientists carry out a survey of snapper, tarakihi, red gurnard and John Dory.

NIWA scientists have made a breakthrough that may underpin expansion of the high-value New Zealand salmon farming industry.

NIWA researchers are heading out from Tasman early next week to survey an area thought to be home to important juvenile fish nurseries.

A summary of the main scientific publications, conference presentations and popular science publications.

This award-winning kingfish sashimi dish is creating quite a splash – but it doesn’t come from the sea. We look at NIWA’s latest aquaculture success story and the new opportunities it’s on path to deliver.

New ways to address environmental sustainability challenges.