Diversify

One of our key aims is to support the diversification of shellfish culture. This may be via domestication of new species, closing life cycles, developing and testing novel growing systems, optimising the rearing and/or nutrition of broodstock, larvae or juveniles, or better understanding the fundamental biology and needs of our native species.
As well as diversifying what we grow, we also aim to diversity how and where we culture things… so with our research partners and collaborators, we are also working on projects to add value to existing species and supporting the development of ‘aquaculture beyond economics’ which can include co-culture, polyculture, integrated multitrophic aquaculture (IMTA), integrated multi-impact aquaculture (IMIA), restorative aquaculture for ecosystem enhancement, and marae-based aquaculture.
 
Species that we work with so far include mussels (green-lipped mussel/kūtai, blue mussel, horse mussel, kopakopa), oysters (Pacific oysters, tio/flat oysters), scallops, clams (geoduck, toheroa), abalone/pāua, echinoderms (sea urchins/kina, sea cucumbers), crustaceans (lobsters/crayfish/koura), and of course many different types of phytoplankton (micro-algae and cyanobacteria) and macro-algae/seaweeds.

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A metabolomics approach to assess the effect of storage conditions on metabolic processes of New Zealand surf clam (Crassula aequilatera)

Alfaro AC, Nguyen TV, Mellow D (2019) A metabolomics approach to assess the effect of storage conditions on metabolic processes of New Zealand surf clam (Crassula aequilatera). Aquaculture Volume 498 315:321  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2018.08.065

Chitosan coated alginate beads as probiotic delivery system for New Zealand black footed abalone (Haliotis iris)

Dezfooli SM, Bonnot C, Gutierrez-Maddox N, Alfaro AC, Seyfoddin A. (2022).  Chitosan Coated Alginate Beads as Probiotic Delivery System for New Zealand Black Footed Abalone (Haliotis iris).  Journal of Applied Polymer Science. https://doi.org/10.1002/app.52626

Communities and attachment networks associated with primary, secondary and alternative foundation species; a case study of stressed and disturbed stands of southern bull kelp

Thomsen MS, South PM, (2019) Communities and attachment networks associated with primary, secondary and alternative foundation species; a case study of stressed and disturbed stands of southern bull kelp. Diversity. Volume 11(4):56 https://doi.org/10.3390/d11040056

Effects of temperature on early development of the New Zealand geoduck Panopea zelandica (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835)

Sharma SS, Alfaro AC, Ragg NLC, Zamora LN (2020).  Effects of temperature on early development of the New Zealand geoduck Panopea zelandica. (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835). Aquaculture Research 51(2): 751-760. https://doi.org/10.1111/are.14425

Examination of the potential of refrigerated seawater to improve live transport of the mussel Perna canaliculus: Physiological responses, meat quality and safety implications under different chilled storage conditions

Tuckey NPL, Timms BA, Fletcher GC, Summers G, Delorme NJ, Ericson JA, Ragg NLC, Miller P, Wibisono R, Taylor R, Adams SL, Zamora LN.  (2023). Examination of the potential of refrigerated seawater to improve live transport of the mussel Perna canaliculus: Physiological responses, meat quality and safety implications under different chilled storage conditions.  Aquaculture https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2023.739794

New Zealand aquaculture industry: research, opportunities and constraints for integrative multitrophic farming

Stenton-Dozey JME, Heath P, Ren JS, Zamora LN (2020).  New Zealand aquaculture industry: research, opportunities and constraints for integrative multitrophic farming.  New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research: 1-21.  https://doi.org/10.1080/00288330.2020.1752266