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Read about and watch videos on some of our projects and achievements.

Project Videos:

Measuring the depositional footprint of the Blue Economy, Onapua Bay Voyage: 15-20 February, 2023 - Courtesy of Auckland University of Technology and Blue Economy CRC

First ever seaweed farm being built in Bluff, will feed cows and sheep to suppress up to 98 percent methane - Newshub, 20 September 2022 

Measuring the depositional footprint of the Blue Economy, Voyage #2 (full length version) - Courtesy of Auckland University of Technology and Blue Economy CRC

Measuring the depositional footprint of the Blue Economy, Voyage #2 (short version) - Courtesy of Auckland University of Technology and Blue Economy CRC

Measuring the depositional footprint of the Blue Economy, Voyage #1 - Courtesy of Auckland University of Technology and Blue Economy CRC

Rig Longlining - Courtesy of Rob Ansley, Ocean Pearl Fisheries Limited

Farmed Salmon Diet Research - Courtesy of Rural Delivery

Surveying the potential of a King Crab fishery - Courtesy of Rural Delivery

Oysters ahead: Bluff season begins - Courtesy of NIWA

Recording marine mammals and unlocking their secrects - RNZ Audio Interview with Dr. Deanna Clement, Cawthron Institute

A validated protocol for fish farm monitoring using environmental DNA - Xavier Pochon, Cawthron Institute

Project Articles:

CH4 Aotearoa to build first scale ecopark at Ocean Beach in Bluff - MFA Newsletter, October 2022

First ever seaweed farm being built in Bluff, will feed cows and sheep to suppress up to 98 percent methane - Newshub, 20 September 2022

Giving Nature a Helping Hand, pāua population recovery - Seafood New Zealand magazine, August 2022, Pg 6-8

First Phase of King Shag Research Concluding - MFA Newsletter, April 2022

Good retention of wild spat at low seeding density - MFA Newsletter, October 2021

CH4 Global Announces US$13M Series A Funding to Accelerate Its Mission to Dramatically Reduce Manmade Methane Emissions - CH4 Global, October 2021

Study into bringing back rock oyster industry - SunLive, 30 September 2021

Seven-year King salmon nutrition project ends on a high note - Cawthron, 14 July 2021

Towards sustainable offshore aquaculture - Coastal News 75, July 2021

Stewart Island seaweed breakthrough could unlock $500m industry - Stuff, 11 June 2021

New eyes for an old problem - MFA Newsletter, May 2021

Year Two data confirms the importance of mussel farms as King Shag roosting site - MFA Newsletter, May 2021

Deepwater Group Report 2021 Industry-imposed Catch Restrictions - Deepwater Group Limited, 2021

Gear innovation pathway - Office of the Prime Minister's Chief Science Advisor, 21 February 2021

The astounding success of Seafood Innovations Ltd - Seafood New Zealand magazine, June 2020, Pg 18-25

King shag numbers steady - 9 June 2020

ACTIVLAYR successful launch on South Korea home shopping channels - 15 April 2020

Fishers' bright ideas funded by industry - Seafood New Zealand magazine, April 2020, Pg 12-13

Bacteria DNA could police fish farms - 11 February 2020

Salmon company set to monitor whale migration | Otago daily Times - 29 October 2019

NZ gear innovation fund offers up to NZD 20,000 to small-scale fishermen - 4 October 2019

Automated pin-boning project for NZ King Salmon - What's New in Food magazine, July/August 2019, Pg 31

Encouraging news from Marlborough King Shag survey | RNZ - 5 July 2019

A bone to pick with salmon - Seafood New Zealand magazine, Vol. 27 No. 03, June 2019, Pg 30-31

The innovation revolution - Seafood New Zealand magazine, Vol. 27 No. 02, April 2019, Pg 14-20

Moana Fisheries signs on for digital reporting platform - 3 April 2019

King Salmon Pin Bone removal - 25 Jan 2019

Seafood Innovations welcomes new General Manager - 2 November 2018

Paua on the move - Seafood New Zealand magazine, Vol. 26 No. 01, February 2018, Pg 24-25

Innovating to add value - Seafood New Zealand magazine, Vol. 26 No. 01, February 2018, Pg 20-23

Double trouble from oyster pathogens - 8 October 2017

Scientist makes new homes for baby paua - 15 August 2017

Getting their ducks in a row: Seafood New Zealand - 18 April 2017

Science to maximise returns in a sustainable fishery - 7 December 2016

Winds of fortune - Seafood New Zealand magazine, Vol. 24 No. 06, December 2016, Pg 20-21

SIL project promises economic and environmental gains - Seafood New Zealand magazine, Vol. 24 No. 06, December 2016, Pg 19

Adding value through research and innovation - Seafood New Zealand magazine, Vol. 24 No. 06, December 2016, Pg 15-18

What should farmed king salmon eat? A New Zealand-led, $5.2 million research project aims to find out - 25 February 2015

Seafood Innovations Ltd and Industry-Funded Research is Providing Economic Returns - 25 February 2015

$5.2m aquaculture research project provides opportunity for students - 2015

Fish Waste can Transform our Farm Environment - December 2014

Research to enable better management of rock lobster fisheries - 23 August 2013

Fish silage to be commercialised - 1 February 2013

Fish for Fertiliser - December 2012

Maximising value from rock lobster - September 2012

Smell-free boost from fish waste - 29 July 2011

When it comes to innovation kanDO - April 2009

Translocating kina to enhance roe - 1 March 2009

Anna's Blog:

Seafood New Zealand magazine - Anna Yallop (SIL General Manager), Vol. 28 No. 04, August 2020, Pg 42

Seafood New Zealand magazine - Anna Yallop (SIL General Manager), Vol. 28 No. 01, February 2020, Pg 37-38

Seafood New Zealand magazine - Anna Yallop (SIL General Manager), Vol. 27 No. 05, October 2019, Pg 40-41

Seafood New Zealand magazine - Anna Yallop (SIL General Manager), Vol. 27 No. 03, June 2019, Pg 33

Seafood New Zealand magazine - Anna Yallop (SIL General Manager), Vol. 27 No. 01, February 2019, Pg 22