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Kōrero: Marine conservation

Seals, Piopiotahi Marine Reserve

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Seals, Piopiotahi Marine Reserve

Fur seals have been totally protected for decades, and their numbers have increased as a result. They and all marine mammal species still enjoy protection if they swim out of marine reserves. But for almost all fish species, swimming out of a marine reserve can mean the difference between being protected and being caught. These seals are in a marine reserve in Fiordland.

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Department of Conservation

Reference: 10048731

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Gerard Hutching rāua ko Carl Walrond, Marine conservation – Protected areas, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/5841/seals-piopiotahi-marine-reserve (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Gerard Hutching rāua ko Carl Walrond, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009, updated 1 September 2015.