Publications

Below you will find a partial list of publications and reports that are available online or as PDFs. Additional reports can be found on many of the websites that are identified on the general links page.

Please note that some publications are currently only available as PDFs. If you have trouble downloading these PDFs please email admin@aquaculture.govt.nz for assistance.

Educational Resources

Aquaculture in Action educational resource (Fact Sheets, teacher's lesson plans and New Zealand Curriculum links)

Biosecurity

Treatment methods used to manage Didemnum vexillum in New Zealand prepared for Biosecurity New Zealand by Aaron Pannell and Ashley D. M. Coutts, 2007 (New Zealand Marine Farming Association Inc. website)

Central Government

A quick guide to establishing and operating a marine farm in New Zealand
Aquaculture in New Zealand published 2008 (PDF, 718KB)
Aquaculture Risk Management Options (Ministry for the Environment website)
Government Response to NZ Aquaculture Strategy Cabinet Paper including the National Aquaculture Position Statement 2007 (online and PDF format)
Guidelines for Aquaculture Management Areas and Marine Farms, Maritime New Zealand, 2005 (Maritime New Zealand website)
Our Blue Horizon, New Zealand government 2007 (PDF, 3.14MB)

Development

National

Investment New Zealand Market Intelligence Report, Dec 2006 report prepared by PricewaterhouseCoopers for Investment New Zealand (PDF, 3MB)
Economic Assessment of Aquaculture General Methodology, November 2006 (PDF, 708KB) coordinated by New Zealand Trade & Enterprise, Auckland Regional Council and Environment Waikato

Regional

Assessment of the Potential for Aquaculture Development in Northland by NIWA for Enterprise Northland - Aquaculture Development Group, 2003 (Enterprise Northland website)
Enterprise Northland has commissioned NIWA for a number of aquaculture assessment reports for the Northland region. These are available on both NIWA's website and Enterprise Northland's website.
Economic Impact of Aquaculture in the Waikato Region by COVEC for Environment Waikato, 2007(Environment Waikato website)
Bay of Plenty Aquaculture Strategy was published in November 2009. The strategy is a product of the Bay of Connections Economic Strategy.

Industry

Aquaculture Sector Strategy 2006(PDF, 1MB)

International

The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture 2008, FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Department, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome 2009
State of world aquaculture 2006, FAO Fisheries Technical Paper No. 500 (PDF format on Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations website)
The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture 2006 (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations website)

Legislation and policy

Foreshore and Seabed Act (Ministry of Justice website)
New Zealand Coastal Policy Statement (DOC website)
Oceans Policy (Ministry for the Environment website)
Marine Protected Areas Policy and Implementation Plan (http://www.biodiversity.govt.nz/)

Māori Development

Ahumoana Ahutāngata - Aquaculture Development in New Zealand: Scientific and Technical Information to Inform Māori 2009 (Te Puni Kōkiri website)
Details of the Maori Commercial Aquaculture Claims Settlement (Ministry of Fisheries website)
Te Puni Kōkiri Aquaculture Factsheet Series, 2007 (Te Puni Kōkiri website)
Māori and Aquaculture Development information booklet, 2007 (Te Puni Kōkiri website)
Pre-Commencement Space Register, Settlement Assets at 22 March 2006 (Ministry of Fisheries website)
Scoping Research, Science and Technology Priorities for Māori in the Fishing, Farming and Forestry Sectors discussion paper prepared for Foundation for Research, Science and Technology, updated 2007 (Foundation for Research, Science and Technology website)
Treaty of Waitangi developed by the State Services Commission
Treaty settlement FAQs (Ministry for the Environment website)

Planning

Technical reort on the Invited Private Plan Change Process for the Creation of Aquaculture Management Areas (Environment Canterbury website)
Aquaculture Management Areas FAQs (Ministry for the Environment website)
Community Perspectives on Aquaculture Planning (Northland Regional Council website)
Existing Marine Farms FAQs (Ministry for the Environment website)
Guide to Marine Farming Consent Conditions for Deemed Coastal Permits (Ministry for the Environment website)
Independent Report on Aquaculture and the New Zealand Coastal Policy Statement (Quality Planning website)
The Resource Management (Foreshore and Seabed) Amendment Act 2004 brochure (Ministry for the Environment website)
Appropriate Coastal Aquaculture Occupation: Using Constraints Mapping and Consultation for Coastal Management Decisions (New Zealand Planning Institute website)
Ministry of Fisheries Assessment of Effects of Aquaculture Management Areas on Fishing

Regional Coastal Plans (aquaculture provisions)

Short Term Aquaculture Research Stocktake of Regional Coastal Plan Provisions
Auckland Regional Council (ARC website)
Environment Bay of Plenty (EBOP website)
Environment Canterbury (ECAN website)
Environment Waikato (plan change for new species) (EW website)
Marlborough District Council (Marlborough District Council website)
Northland Regional Council (Plan change 4) (NRC website)
Tasman District Council (operative) (TDC website)

Reform

A series of five information sheets have been developed by the government that explain different aspects of the Aquaculture Reform. These information sheets are available on the Ministry for the Environment's website, both online and as PDFs:

Science and Technical

General

Human-mediated pathways of spread of non-indigenous marine species in New Zealand by T. Dodgshun; M. Taylor, B.M. Forrest, 2007 (Department of Conservation website)
Impacts of marine farming on wild fish populations by Russell Cole for the MInistry of Fisheries, 2002 (PDF, 317KB)
Oceanography in Tasman and Golden Bays by NIWA, 2001 and 2002 (Tasman District Council website)
There are a number of research papers on aquaculture and related topics in past issues of New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research which is published by RSNZ Publishing. (RSNZ website)
Trigger Points in Wilson's Bay Marine Farming Zone, prepared by Stephanie Turner and Malene Feising for Environment Waikato, 2005. (Environment Waikato website)

Finfish

Review of the Ecological Effects of Marine Finfish Aquaculture: Final Report by Cawthron for the Ministry of Fisheries, 2007 (PDF, 3.56MB)
Natural Character and Visual Impact Assessment of Potential Finfish Farming Development by Bernard Brown Associates, May 2008 (Environment Waikato website)
Evaluation of the Impacts of Finfish Farming on Marine Mammals in the Firth of Thames by De Fresne Ecology Ltd, 2008 (Environment Waikato website)
Bayesian Network Analysis Exploring the Benthic Carrying Capacity for Finfish Farming Within the Firth of Thames by Hilke Giles, NIWA, 2007 (Environment Waikato website)

Shellfish

Review of the Ecological Effects of Farming Shellfish and Other Non-finfish Species in New Zealand by Cawthron for the Ministry of Fisheries, published August 2009
An overview of factors affecting the carrying capacity of coastal embayments for mussel culture by NIWA for the Ministry for the Environment, 2000 (PDF, 479KB)
Ecological Sustainability Assessment for Firth of Thames Shellfish Aquaculture, prepared by NIWA for Auckland Regional Council, Environment Waikato and Western Firth of Thames Mussel Industry Consortiu, 2004 (Auckland Regional Council website)
Ecological sustainability assessment for the Firth of Thames shellfish aquaculture: Task 1 - hydrodynamic modelling and biological modelling by NIWA for Environment Waikato and Auckland Regional Council, 2003 (Auckland Regional Council website)
Magnitudes of Natural and Mussel Farm-Derived Fluxes of Carbon and Nitrogen in the Firth of Thames by NIWA for Environment Waikato, 2005 (Environment Waikato website)
Mussel Farms and Marine Mammals, Envirolink, 2006 (Envirolink website)
Possible impacts of marine farming of mussels on king shags; DOC Science Internal Series 111 by David J. Butler, 2003 (PDF, 221KB)
Potential effects of mussel farming on New Zealand's marine mammals and seabirds by Brian D. Lloyd for the Department of Conservation, 2003 (PDF, 269KB)
Review of the Ecological Effects of Intertidal Oyster Aquaculture by Cawthron Institute for the Northland Regional Council, 2007 (PDF, 2.26MB)