Seabed survey for a proposal extension to marine farm 8321, Wilson Bay, Pelorus Sound
Just Mussels LTD engaged NIWA to complete a benthic survey and assessment as part of a coastal permit application for an extension to marine farm 8321, in Wilson Bay, Pelorus Sound. This assessment comprised side-scan-sonar swath mapping of sites to characterise seabed topography, photoquadrats of the seabed to ground-truth the side-scans, samples of epifauana, diver observations and core sampling. The report indicated that the proposed extension is not expected to cause any significant adverse ecological effects. The ecological effects of farming the proposed additional mollusc species are likely to be no greater than the effects of farming green mussels. Farming of the algal species (as proposed) is unlikely to have any significant ecological effects.
The report identifies a dense population of burrowing shrimp (Upogebia hirtifrons) adjacent to
the inshore boundary of the site. However, the report notes that there is unlikely to be any
significant detrimental effect of the proposed extension to the shrimp burrow habitat.
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- Date ( Creation )
- 2015-07-17T00:00:00
- Date ( Revision )
- 2015-07-17T00:00:00
- Purpose
- The aim of that study was to provide a report on the habitats and the impact zone associated with the current activities at site 8321 and to identify any potential threats to any ecological, scientific or conservation values posed by the activities sought in the extension.
- Credit
- Prepared for Just Mussels Ltd. by Stephen Brown. Reference: Brown S (2014) Seabed survey for a proposed extension to marine farm 8321, Wilson Bay. In: NEL2014-018. Just Mussels Ltd
- Status
- Completed
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- Spatial representation type
- Vector
- Topic category
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- Biota
- Health
- Location
- Description
- Marlborough Region
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- TimePeriod
- 2014-05-01T00:00:002014-08-01T00:00:00
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- marine farming, side-scan, remote video and photoquadrats, biologist sled, diver observations, core samples, Pelorus Sound.
- NIWA Project Codes
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- JML14401
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- Access to data is restricted. For further information, NIWA contact email details are given above.
- Classification
- Restricted
- Language
- English
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- Metadata identifier
- fb1551fb-657a-91a9-b21d-ee63fa510d39
- Language
- English
- Character encoding
- UTF8
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NIWA National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research
301 Evans Bay Parade
Hataitai
Wellington
6021
New Zealand
- Resource scope
- Dataset
- Date info ( Creation )
- 2015-07-17T15:16:43
- Title
- ISO 19115-3
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