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