Birds in the Hauraki Gulf

From July-December 2014, six Roundtables gathered information and reported back to the Stakeholder Working Group (SWG).

Biosecurity is the management of risks posed by introduced pests and diseases, which may affect biodiversity (maintaining the variety of plant and animal species in the Gulf).

The Biodiversity/Biosecurity Roundtable had two objectives.

1. Biosecurity

The objective was to identify, manage and mitigate biosecurity threats (in fresh water, seawater or on land) including:

shipping, boating, barging and other modes of sea transport
fishing and aquaculture
dredging and dumping
introduced materials, products, produces or species.

2. Biodiversity

The objective was to:

understand the current state of the Gulf, and the threats to biodiversity
reduce, remove, mitigate and safeguard against threats
take an ecosystem-based approach to replenish and revive the Gulf.

This Roundtable's findings presented to the SWG can be viewed below. Please sign up for our monthly newsletters to stay in the loop.

Membership

SWG members Alison Henry and Katrina Goddard (co-chairs), Matt Ball, Dave Kellian, Lucy Tukua and Alan Proctor are members of the Biodiversity/Biosecurity Roundtable, along with other invited participants with knowledge and expertise in island restoration management, commercial fishing sustainability, charter operations, marine ecology, seabird ecology, and whale and dolphin ecology.

Member	Representing
Alison Henry	Roundtable co-chair/SWG
Katrina Goddard	Roundtable co-chair/SWG
Alan Proctor	SWG
Matt Ball	SWG
Dave Kellian	SWG
Lucy Tukua	SWG
Barry Torkington	Recreational fishing
Kirsty Woods	Commercial fishing
Sue Neureuter	Island/community
Roger Grace	Environmental
John Burton	Freshwater/land use
Arthur Hinds	Freshwater/land use
Alistair Kirk	Shipping

Advisors

The Biodiversity/Biosecurity Roundtable was also advised by experts including:

scientists and researchers from NIWA (the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research), University of Auckland, Department of Conservation (DOC), Landcare Research, Cawthron Institute, Ministry of Primary Industries, Auckland Council, Miranda Trust, Waikato Regional Council, Auckland Museum, University of Waikato and Massey University
planning experts from AUT and DOC.

Technical Reports

Technical reports to the Biodiversity/Biosecurity Roundtable are loaded below.

Document title	Type
Technical Report 1 - Collation of Background Information	PDF [1MB]
Technical Report 2 - Synthesis of Issues and Options	PDF [530KB]

Presentations

Advisor presentations to the Biodiversity/Biosecurity Roundtable are loaded below.

Month	Document title	Author	Type
February 2015	Biodiversity/Biosecurity Roundtable handover	Biodiversity/Biosecurity Roundtable	PDF [1MB]
October 2014	Effects of invasive species on native marine ecosystems	Dr Graeme Inglis Principal Scientist NIWA	PDF [4MB]
	Marine Reserves, Biodiversity and Marine Spatial Planning	Dr Nick Shears Marine Ecologist University of Auckland	PDF [5MB]
	Marine Pest & Pathways Management Current and potential management options	Rosemary Bird Ministry for Primary Industries	PDF [1018KB]
September 2014	Estuarine and marine fish assemblages and critical fish habitats within the Hauraki Gulf Marine Park	Dr Mark Morrison Fisheries Ecologist NIWA	PDF [4MB]
	Why do we need no-take zones for Marine Spatial Plan	Dr Roger Grace Marine Biologist	PDF [6MB]
	Freshwater fish communities and the Hauraki Gulf	Dr Paul Franklin Freshwater Ecologist NIWA	PDF [2MB]
	Sea change for sea birds	Chris Gaskin / Dr Matt Rayner Kiwi Wildlife Tours NZ / Behavioural Ecologist Pterodroma Pelagics NZ / NIWA	PDF [2MB]
	Marine mammals and habitat use	Dr Rochelle Constantine Director Joint Graduate School in Coastal and Marine Science - NIWA	PDF [6MB]
August 2014	Ecosystem Services for the Hauraki Gulf Marine Spatial Plan	Dr Michael Townsend Marine Ecologist NIWA	PDF [4MB]
	Spatial management of biodiversity in estuaries	Dr Judi Hewitt Principal Scientist - Marine Ecology NIWA	PDF [970KB]
July 2014	Methods of predicting species distribution for marine spatial planning: What lies beneath	Clinton Duffy Marine Ecosystems Team Department of Conservation	PDF [3MB]