Cape Rodney–Okakari Point and Tāwharanui Marine Reserve rock lobster monitoring

Published:  

2015
A report on the abundance and size of spiny lobster (also known as crayfish and rock lobster) at sites within Cape Rodney–Okakari Point (Goat Island) and Tāwharanui Marine Reserves, and at nearby fished sites in 2014.

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Cape Rodney to Okakari Point Marine Reserve and Tawharanui Marine Reserve Lobster (Jasus edwardsii) monitoring programme.

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Rock lobster. Photo: Vincent Zintzen.
Rock lobster

Summary 

In 2014, spiny lobster (Jasus edwardsii) population abundance and size was evaluated at sites within Cape Rodney–Okakari Point Marine Reserve, Tāwharanui Marine Reserve, and unprotected control sites. 

This survey was the eighth for Cape Rodney–Okakari Point and unprotected control sites and the second for Tāwharanui under a formal monitoring programme established in 2000. Sampling was last undertaken within these sites in 2009.

Publication information

Haggitt, T. and Freeman, D. 2014. Cape Rodney to Okakari Point Marine Reserve and Tawharanui Marine Reserve Lobster (Jasus edwardsii) Monitoring Programme: 2014 Survey. Report prepared by eCoast for the New Zealand Department of Conservation, Wellington. 41p.

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