A marine reserve for the Kermadec Islands?
The volcanic Kermadec Islands, halfway between New Zealand and Tonga, are uninhabited apart from a weather station on Raoul, the largest island. The land of the islands is a reserve. Lands and Survey Department have just invited public comment to help it prepare a management plan to protect the Kermadecs’ special plants and animals. However perhaps the most outstandinz natural features of the Kermadecs are to be found in their surrounding seas. These host the world’s only unfished population of huge spotted black grouper and bass which are virtually tame. There is also a great mixture of tropical and sub-tropical fish. The Government's Fisheries Research Division recently proposed the Kermadec Islands as a marine reserve. Their proposal will shortly be circulated for public comment and deserves wide support. The August issue of our Journal looks at the conservation of New Zealand's marine ecosystems and focusses in particular on the Kermadecs and Fiordland.
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Forest and Bird, Volume 17, Issue 2, 1 May 1986, Page 31
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159A marine reserve for the Kermadec Islands? Forest and Bird, Volume 17, Issue 2, 1 May 1986, Page 31
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