The latest news from the Three Kings Islands Marine Expedition
Q- When you went on an expedition to the Kermadecs I remember that you couldn’t eat any fish, is it the same in the Three Kings Islands?View Video GalleyView Photo Galley
Our expedition team is back from the Three Kings Islands and ready to answer your questions about what they found and to show you some of the specimens they collected to help build their understanding of the marine environment.
The blog has been a fantastic chance to follow their discoveries but now you can meet them face to face and talk to them about their preliminary findings about marine life in the Three Kings.
In the few days since the team got back on dry land they've already identified that one of the fish they found is likely to be a new species. So who knows what tomorrow will bring.
You can meet four of the team - including University of Queensland PhD student Libby Liggins and one of the expedition's photographers Richard Robinson - tomorrow at 11am at the Auckland Museum. There are some more details of the session below and we've also got some more underwater footagREAD MORE...
A- No, it’s not the same in the Three Kings Islands. The reason we couldn’t catch and eat fish in the Kermadec Islands was because it is a marine reserve – it’s actually the largest marine reserve in New Zealand. The only reason you can take a fish from a protected area like this is for research, so there’s definitely no eating allowed. The great thing about places like the Kermadecs is that they allow us to observe a virtually untouched marine environment and compare and contrast the marine life in the reserve with marine plants and animals living in waters that are subject to fishing and other human activities.
Three Kings Islands isn’t a marine reserve so we can catch fish to eat if we want but we’ll be pretty busy every day (and night!) – diving, looking for different fish and plant species, recording what we find and preparing specimens to take back with us – so we might not have time!
A- No, it’s not the same in the Three Kings Islands. The reason we couldn’t catch and eat fish in the Kermadec Islands was because it is a marine reserve – it’s actually the largest marine reserve in New Zealand. The only reason you can take a fish from a protected area like this is for research, so there’s definitely no eating allowed. The great thing about places like the Kermadecs is that they allow us to observe a virtually untouched marine environment and compare and contrast the marine life in the reserve with marine plants and animals living in waters that are subject to fishing and other human activities.
Three Kings Islands isn’t a marine reserve so we can catch fish to eat if we want but we’ll be pretty busy every day (and night!) – diving, looking for different fish and plant species, recording what we find and preparing specimens to take back with us – so we might not have time!
3 Responses to “Q- When you went on an expedition to the Kermadecs I remember that you couldn’t eat any fish, is it the same in the Three Kings Islands?”
Michael hansen
I’ve dived/holidayed at the three kings a number of times, of course the main difference being I always funded my own way up their. Just wondering how much this rort we be costing the taxpayer of New Zealand?
Hi Michael each person on the boat (with the exception of Braveheart’s own crew) has paid for their berth – some paid for it out of their own pocket and are taking leave without pay, others are working on commissioned research projects so their organisation has paid for their berth and others have sought funding from a sponsor, donor or media organisation.
I understand that there are no crayfish at the Kermadecs, is this the same at the Kings? and can you post a photo representing the general size?
Cheers
Dave
3 Responses to “Q- When you went on an expedition to the Kermadecs I remember that you couldn’t eat any fish, is it the same in the Three Kings Islands?”
Michael hansen
I’ve dived/holidayed at the three kings a number of times, of course the main difference being I always funded my own way up their. Just wondering how much this rort we be costing the taxpayer of New Zealand?
Melanie Cooper
Hi Michael each person on the boat (with the exception of Braveheart’s own crew) has paid for their berth – some paid for it out of their own pocket and are taking leave without pay, others are working on commissioned research projects so their organisation has paid for their berth and others have sought funding from a sponsor, donor or media organisation.
Dave
I understand that there are no crayfish at the Kermadecs, is this the same at the Kings? and can you post a photo representing the general size?
Cheers
Dave