Promising leads in study on mussel spat settlement
One of the challenges that Revive Our Gulf currently has in its restoration efforts is how to effectively stimulate ‘recruitment’ at our restoration sites in the Hauraki Gulf/ Tīkapa Moana / Te Moananui ā Toi. Recruitment is the term we use to describe successful reproduction when we see baby green-lipped kūtai (mussels) settling into the… Read more »
15 March 2024
Revive Our Gulf celebrates BNZ Foundation’s generous Manaaki Taiao Grant
Revive Our Gulf is thrilled to announce its selection as the inaugural recipient of the BNZ Foundation’s Manaaki Taiao grant, a transformative three-year commitment totalling $450,000. This significant boost comes as a testament to the BNZ Foundation’s commitment to regenerating the natural environment in the face of increasing biodiversity loss and climate change. Revive Our… Read more »
11 December 2023
Submission to the Waikato Regional Council’s Proposed Coastal Management Plan.
Regional Council Coastal Plans are important documents that outline how coastal areas should be managed. They cover a range of important topics that influence management and development along the coastline and aquaculture, water quality, and biosecurity. In recent years, we’ve also seen provisions being made for protection and restoration activities in Coastal Plans. The Mussel… Read more »
14 November 2023
Submission on Bottom Fishing Access Zones in the Hauraki Gulf Marine Park
In August 2023, Fisheries New Zealand released a Discussion Paper presenting four options for establishing bottom fishing access zones, also known as trawl corridors in the Hauraki Gulf / Tīkapa Moana / Te Moananui-ā-Toi. The proposals are intended to reduce the extent of bottom trawling and Danish seining from the Hauraki Gulf, except within defined… Read more »
7 November 2023
Submission to the Hauraki Gulf / Tīkapa Moana Marine Protection Bill
The Mussel Reef Restoration Trust has submitted in support of the Hauraki Gulf / Tīkapa Moana Marine Protection Bill. This Bill forms part of the Government’s Revitalising the Gulf strategy, a response to a decades worth of work from community groups, iwi, NGOs and government agencies, starting with the Seachange Tai Timu Tai Pari marine… Read more »
1 November 2023
Exotic Caulerpa surveillance – The Noises islands – Aug 2023
In the picturesque last days of winter around The Noises, Revive Our Gulf and Coast & Catchment, conducted video surveys around the Island group. Our goal? To check for the presence of two invasive Caulerpa species: Caulerpa brachypus and Caulerpa parvifolia. The marine habitats surrounding The Noises are diverse – including rocky reefs, kelp forests,… Read more »
1 September 2023
Kūtai at Cable Bay – Nine years on
In 2014, the Mussel Reef Restoration Trust deployed approximately 70 tonnes of kūtai across a vast 10.5-hectare area in Cable Bay, near Rotoroa Island. Nine years on, recent monitoring surveys reveal some exciting findings about the current state of the mussel beds and their impact on the marine ecosystem. The last official monitoring survey in… Read more »
1 August 2023
Reflections on the Australian Coastal Restoration Network Symposium: Strengthening Partnerships
Last week, a delegation from Revive Our Gulf headed to Townsville to participate in the Australian Coastal Restoration Network Symposium. This two-day conference brought together specialists in coastal restoration, from across Australia, fostering collaboration and knowledge exchange. A New Zealand delegation and the infusion of Māori tikanga into the conference gave the conference a distinctive… Read more »
26 May 2023
Our letter to Ministers about Exotic Caulpera
Revive Our Gulf partners recently wrote to the Ministers of Biosecurity and Conservation to express our extreme concern about the threat posed by exotic Caulerpa to Aotearoa / New Zealand’s coastal waters. A response from the Minister of Biosecurity, Hon Damien O’Connor, was received in early June.
16 May 2023
Talking mussels on RNZ
Kathryn Ryan from RNZ’s Nine to Noon spoke with global Aquarium industry consultant, and trustee with Kelly Tarlton Marine Wildlife Trust, Craig Thorburn, who is managing the mussel spat experiment and Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei general manager for the environment/Pou Taiao, Kingi Makoare. Don’t miss out on this important conversation about shellfish restoration in the Hauraki… Read more »
18 April 2023