Tag: seaweed caulerpa
No anchoring – Palm Beach and Onetangi to get controlled...
Around 60 people gathered at a public meeting held at Onetangi Hall on Wednesday 23 October to gauge public appetite for a controlled area...
New exotic seaweed found in the Hauraki Gulf
Another exotic seaweed species, Asparagopsis taxiformis, has been found in two different areas of the North Island and alarm bells are ringing in the...
$10million boost to develop effective tools for caulerpa eradication
The government is investing an extra $10million in the fight against caulerpa. The money will be allocated to continued testing and to finding which...
Chlöe Swarbrick calls for government to take caulerpa more seriously
Greens co-leader, and Auckland Central MP, Chloe Swarbrick is calling for parliament to take the threat of caulerpa more seriously; before it spreads and...
Caulerpa super spreader threatens Waiheke marine life
Efforts are ramping up to fight the spread of exotic caulerpa at scale, after it was detected within 400 hectares of seafloor around Onetangi...
Suction dredging a blow to caulerpa
Diver-assisted suction dredging will likely be employed to combat the massive spread of invasive caulerpa seaweed identified around Waiheke, according to Biosecurity New Zealand.
Addressing...
Invasive caulerpa detected off Waiheke’s coast
The invasive seaweed caulerpa has been found at Thompsons Point by Waiheke Marine Project’s divers during routine monitoring of the area.
Caulerpa is an aggressive...
