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Kōrero: Aquaculture

Aquaculturalist Bob Hickman

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Aquaculturalist Bob Hickman

Scientist Bob Hickman, pictured here with a young rock lobster (crayfish), is one of the pioneers of New Zealand aquaculture. Based at the Māhanga Bay research facility, he has investigated many aspects of the biological farming requirements of shellfish and crustaceans in New Zealand.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PA-Group-00685)

Reference: EP/1996/0190/6

by Ray Pigney

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Maggy Wassilieff, Aquaculture – Protecting the environment, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/4770/aquaculturalist-bob-hickman (accessed 25 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Maggy Wassilieff, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009.