Marine Farm Consents and Monitoring

Cawthron is a major provider of services that underpin sustainable aquaculture.  We have a strong track record of working with both industry and environmental regulators.

• Impact prediction, assessment and monitoring of shellfish and finfish farms
• Resource consent applications (AEEs), marine farm consent renewals and fisheries resource impacts assessments (FRIAs)
• Regional aquaculture planning
• Advice on sustainable farming practices (including open ocean aquaculture systems, shellfish-to-finfish farm conversions)
• Computer modelling expertise for hydrodynamic models, nutrient-phytoplankton-zooplankton models, food-web models, fishery population models, bio-economic models, farm-management models

Marine farm Biosecurity

Cawthron’s Marine Biosecurity team provides expert advice to the aquaculture industry and other users and stakeholders on all biosecurity matters.  Key services include:

• Pest identificataion, surveillance, baseline surveys and identification
• Tools for managing vectors that spread pests around New Zealand and among marine farms, and methods to treat pest incursions
• Biosecurity risk assessment, benefit-cost analysis, and management plans