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02 Oct 2025

Marine Biosecurity Porthole Updated with Latest National Surveillance Data

The Marine Biosecurity Porthole has been updated to include the latest data from the National Marine...
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29 Jul 2020

New Zealand’s Craft Risk Management Standard for vessel biofouling: A blue-print for marine pathway management

New Zealand is the first country to implement nationwide regulations to manage risks associated with...
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20 Mar 2020

Long-term indicators for non-indigenous species (NIS) in marine systems

The ‘Our Marine Environment’ report released by the Ministry for the Environment (MfE) and Stats NZ ...
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