Protected corals CSP reports

This is the final report for INT2023-07 Expert identification of protected corals. Published October 2024.

This is the final report for POP2022-03 Protected coral reproduction study. Published September 2024.

This is the final report for INT2023-05 High-resolution estimation of species diversity for a protected coral family commonly occurring as trawl bycatch. Published September 2024.

This is the final annual report for INT2022-03: Identification and storage of cold-water coral bycatch 1 July 2022 - 30 June 2023. Published August 2024.

This is the final report for INT2021-02: Characterisation of protected coral interactions. Published September 2023.

This is the final report for POP2022-04: Deep diving into decades of uncatalogued corals. Published September 2023.

This is the final report for POP2021-02: Identification of protected coral hotspots using species distribution modelling. Published September 2023.

This is the final annual report for INT2019-04: Identification and storage of cold-water coral bycatch 1 July 2021 - 30 June 2022. Published July 2023.

This is the final report for project BCBC2020-26: Octocoral bycatch diversity on the Chatham Rise, which focuses on the diversity of octocorals in the family Primnoidae that have been collected through research trawl or bycatch on the Chatham Rise. This project builds upon INT2019-05: Coral biodiversity in deep water fisheries bycatch. Published September 2022.

This is the final report for project BCBC2020-01: Protected coral reproduction, which includes a literature review of reproductive biology of New Zealand corals, and describes in situ spawning of the coral Goniocorella dumosa. Published 2021.

This is the final annual report for INT2019-04: Identification and storage of cold-water coral bycatch.

This report reviews and recommends ageing methods for protected deep-sea corals. Published April 2018.

Final annual report for the Identification and storage of cold-water corals 2016/17. Published December 2017.

This is the final report for POP2018-01: Improved habitat suitability modelling for protected corals in New Zealand waters. Published 2020.

This is the final report for POP2018-06: Protected coral connectivity in New Zealand. Published 2020.

This is the final report for INT2019-05: Coral biodiversity in deep-water fisheries bycatch. Published 2020.

This is the final annual report for INT2019-04: Identification and storage of cold-water coral bycatch. Published 2021.

This is a final report for POP2017-07: The age and growth of New Zealand protected corals at high risk. Published 2019.

This is a final report for INT2015-03: Identification and storage of cold-water coral bycatch specimens. Published 2020.

This is a final report for INT2015-03: Identification and storage of cold-water coral bycatch specimens. Published February 2019.

This report describes the results of a preliminary assessment of the relative risk to protected coral species from deepwater bottom trawling. Published December 2014.

This report describes the results of the refined habitat suitability modelling for protected coral species in the New Zealand EEZ. Published December 2014.

This research report is the final output from CSP project POP2011-06, investigating the distribution of protected corals and overlap with commercial fishing effort. Published March 2013.

This is the final report for INT2010-03, learn about the distribution of protected corals in relation to commercial fishing effort. Published August 2011.

Learn about the corals returned through DOC's Conservation Services Programme (CSP) Observer Programme during the 2009/10 fishing year (1 October 2009 – 30 September 2010). Published 2011.

This report summarises work undertaken to identify coral samples collected by observers on commercial fishing vessels over the 2008/09 fishing year. Published 2010.

This report summarises work undertaken to identify coral samples collected by observers on commercial fishing vessels over the 2007/08 fishing year. Published 2009.