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    • Aerial view of the Maitai Dam aeration project, Nelson, New Zealand.

    Our projects

    Level of Fouling Scale
    Researcher taking a blue carbon core sample from a coastal wetland in Aotearoa New Zealand

    Restore the Marshes
    Close-up of a fanworm, an invasive marine pest species found in New Zealand waters

    Managing Marine Pests Aotearoa
    Kaimoana (seafood) gathered from a New Zealand coastline, representing community kaitiakitanga

    Ngā Kāhui Kaitiaki mō Kaimoana
    Aerial view of an algal bloom in Nyda Bay, New Zealand, 2019

    Changing Microalgal Communities
    Scientist examining phytoplankton samples in a Cawthron Institute laboratory

    Seafood Safety Research Platform
    Cawthron Blue Technology operation coordinator Nick Scott passes scallop cages to a diver for open ocean aquaculture trials

    Ngā Punga o te Moana: Open ocean aquaculture
    Salmon farm pens on open water, representing New Zealand finfish aquaculture

    Climate Adapted Finfish
    Microscopic view of aquatic pathogens representing emerging disease threats to NZ fisheries and aquaculture

    Emerging Aquatic Diseases
    Cawthron researcher Anna Berthelsen collecting seagrass flowers for restoration research, 2023

    Restore The Meadows
    Mussel farm floats in the Queen Charlotte Sounds, Marlborough, New Zealand

    Shellfish Aquaculture Research Platform