Last year over 700 boat owners who have non-trailered boats moored in marinas around Aotearoa New Zealand responded to a survey about hull cleaning. The survey was produced through the Marine Biosecurity Toolbox research programme by researchers from Cawthron Institute…
We held the final AGM for the Marine Biosecurity Toolbox project, after five years of intensive research and collaborations.
We are thrilled to announce that one of our brilliant PhD students, Kyle, has just submitted his thesis at Deakin University, titled "Predicting Marine Invasions for Optimised Management."
About 250 year nine college students had again hands-on experience using marine biosecurity tools to identify pest species that inhabit our coastal waters.
Kyle Hilliam’s newest publication focuses on quantifying the movement dynamics of New Zealand’s recreational vessels to inform proactive management to prevent the spread of non-indigenous species (NIS). The identification of spreading hubs and locations at particular risk of NIS introductions, enables managers to design risk-based and effective surveillance and monitoring programmes.
In this most recent publication of our PhD student Michelle Scriver, we used permeable dialysis bags to simulate real-world environmental conditions and field storage to understand eDNA/eRNA dynamics.
We were showcasing our research from collaborative expeditions at the first Fiordland Marine Research Symposium in Te Anau, hosted by the Fiordland Marine Guardians and Department of Conservation.
In partnership with Nucleic Sensing Systems, our research team demonstrated the ability to detect species-specific marine environmental DNA (eDNA) directly from water samples, eliminating the need for extraction!
We are enormously proud of being the New Zealand Biosecurity Science Award winners of 2024! Ngā mihi nui to our team, collaborators and end-users for all your hard work and enthusiasm over the last 4.5 years!
A new study on priorities for improving predictions of vessel-mediated marine invasions has been published, identifying all of the biological, vessel and environmental factors influencing the progress of a species through the invasion process.