News related to Salt & Freshwater Organisms
- Plastic wrapping Bluff Port protects Fiordland - 4 July 2007
Divers are braving the chilly waters of Bluff Port this week, wrapping wharf piles and structures in plastic sheeting as part of a programme to protect the precious Fiordland marine environment from invasive marine pests.
- Two Biosecurity Threats Discovered in Auckland Area - 23 March 2005
Biosecurity New Zealand has destroyed a number of freshwater marron crayfish and gudgeon fish, following their discovery at a disused service station in West Auckland and at a pond at South Head Kaipara, Biosecurity New Zealand Post-Clearance Animal team manager Ron Thornton said today.
- MAF Biosecurity New Zealand and iwi join forces to clear marine pest - 9 August 2010
MAF Biosecurity New Zealand (MAFBNZ) begins work today with Far North iwi to clear a marine pest sea squirt from some of New Zealand’s most culturally significant coastal sites in Northland.
- Fruit fly intercepted at border - 21 May 2010
MAF Biosecurity New Zealand (MAFBNZ) has successfully intercepted live cucumber fruit fly eggs (Bactrocera cucumis) on a consignment of produce from Australia this week.
- Hadda beetle established in Auckland - 25 March 2010
MAF Biosecurity New Zealand (MAFBNZ) announced today that eradication of the Hadda beetle would not be feasible. Investigations have found the beetle is widespread across central Auckland and the maturity of the beetles indicates that it may have been in New Zealand since 2006.
- New facility opens at the National Centre for Biosecurity and Infectious Disease - Wallaceville - 2 March 2010
New Zealand's ability to manage a major disease outbreak was strengthened today with the opening of a new multipurpose facility at the National Centre for Biosecurity and Infectious Disease (NCBID) at Wallaceville, Upper Hutt.
- Hadda Beetle find in Auckland - 1 February 2010
MAF Biosecurity New Zealand has identified the presence of Hadda beetles in Dove -Myer Robinson Park, along Tamaki Drive and the Auckland Domain in Auckland.
- Joint response to tackle kauri dieback - 26 November 2008
Kauri dieback (Phytophthora taxon Agathis or PTA), the newly-identified disease attacking kauri trees, is being addressed by six agencies working together as one response team.