Biodiversity of New Zealand fishes
Te Papa researchers: Andrew Stewart, Carl Struthers, Thom Linley, Jeremy Barker, Salme Kortet, Clive Roberts (Research Associate ), Peter McMillan (Research Associate)
The aquatic environment is under increasing pressure from climate change, ocean warming, marine pollution, and over-exploitation of fish stocks.
To monitor, mitigate and manage these major problems, this essential research delivers full and accurate taxonomic documentation of biodiversity and species richness in Aotearoa.
The aim of this collection-based systematic research is to build our understanding of the origins and distributions of fishes in Aotearoa New Zealand’s Exclusive Economic Zone / Extended Continental Shelf and surrounding oceans.
Funding: NIWA–Te Papa Research Contract: Strategic Science Investment Fund, Coasts and Oceans Programme 2, Biological Resources.