More links and websites
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Best fish guide
The Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society’s website offers a fish-buying guide that takes the marine environment into account.
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Greenpeace Aotearoa/New Zealand
Information about our oceans, on the Greenpeace New Zealand website.
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Marine and coastal: Conservation
This page has Department of Conservation information on marine reserves and marine conservation.
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Marine recreational fishing
The Ministry of Fisheries regulations for recreational fishing in New Zealand.
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State of New Zealand’s environment, 1997
On the Ministry for the Environment website, this 1997 report – The state of New Zealand’s environment – includes chapters on environmental management and the state of New Zealand waters.
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Student & teacher resources (Starfish)
This Ministry of Fisheries website has resources for teachers and students, including fact sheets on fish catch.
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The hazards of persistent marine pollution: drift plastics and conservation islands
This paper by Murray Gregory, published in the Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand (1991) is a survey of plastic littler and debris on New Zealand beaches (PDF, 2.9 MB).
More suggestions and sources
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Andrew, Neil, and Malcolm Francis, eds. The living reef: the ecology of New Zealand’s rocky reefs. Nelson: Craig Potton, 2003.
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Johnson, David. Hooked: the story of the New Zealand fishing industry. Christchurch: Hazard, 2004.
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King, Carolyn, ed. The handbook of New Zealand mammals. 2nd ed. Auckland: Oxford University Press, 2005.