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Biosecurity NZ - Latest News [Page 9]

No Sea Squirt detected in Opua (Northland)

Monday, 21 November 2005, 4:10 pm | Biosecurity NZ

Biosecurity New Zealand’s surveillance of high risk locations for the presence of the sea squirt, the clubbed tunicate, has not detected its presence in Opua in Northland. More >>

Advisory - Sea squirt not detected in Golden Bay

Wednesday, 16 November 2005, 2:28 pm | Biosecurity NZ

Biosecurity New Zealand’s surveillance of high risk locations for the presence of the sea squirt, the clubbed tunicate, has not detected its presence in Tarakohe, Golden Bay. More >>

Sea squirt not detected in Nelson

Tuesday, 15 November 2005, 2:45 pm | Biosecurity NZ

Biosecurity New Zealand’s surveillance of high risk locations for the presence of the sea squirt, the clubbed tunicate, has not detected its presence in the Nelson Port. More >>

Latest Sea Squirt Find A Blow To Marine Farmers

Friday, 11 November 2005, 4:54 pm | Biosecurity NZ

Marine farmers are very disappointed to learn today that the exotic sea squirt, Styela clava, has been confirmed on a marine farm in Wilson's Bay in Coromandel. More >>

Sea Squirt found in Coromandel

Friday, 11 November 2005, 11:14 am | Biosecurity NZ

The invasive sea squirt, the clubbed tunicate, has been confirmed present in Wilsons Bay in the Coromandel. The suspicion of its presence was reported to Biosecurity New Zealand by a mussel farm operation in the area. More >>

No sea squirt found in Northland

Wednesday, 9 November 2005, 3:24 pm | Biosecurity NZ

Divers searching ports and marinas around Northland and Greymouth for the invasive sea squirt, the clubbed tunicate, have not found the organism in their surveillance. More >>

More help needed to trace Red-vented bulbul birds

Monday, 7 November 2005, 12:35 am | Biosecurity NZ

The search is still on for a pair of Red-vented bulbul birds in Devonport and Central Auckland, but reported sightings of the birds have dried up. More >>

First sea squirt inspections clear

Friday, 4 November 2005, 4:29 pm | Biosecurity NZ

Biosecurity New Zealand’s national search of high risk areas for the presence of the invasive sea squirt, the clubbed tunicate, has so far found no sign of the organism. More >>

Biosecurity New Zealand widens search

Thursday, 3 November 2005, 9:15 am | Biosecurity NZ

Biosecurity New Zealand’s extended surveillance for the sea squirt the clubbed tunicate begins this week, with divers searching Northland waters. More >>

No further didymo finds - but no guarantees given

Tuesday, 1 November 2005, 11:58 am | Biosecurity NZ

The national Didymo survey has all but been completed with no further finds of the invasive alga. The last find was reported a week ago from the Von River near Queenstown, bringing the total known affected rivers to eight. More >>

Didymo in Von River mouth - investigation needed

Friday, 21 October 2005, 2:58 pm | Biosecurity NZ

A sample from the mouth of the Von River near Queenstown has been found to contain Didymo cells, but further work is required to determine the extent of its presence in the river, Biosecurity New Zealand announced today. More >>

Biosecurity New Zealand seeks public help

Thursday, 20 October 2005, 5:33 pm | Biosecurity NZ

Biosecurity New Zealand is asking for help from all marine users to prevent the spread of the invasive sea squirt, the clubbed tunicate, while expanding its search New Zealand-wide for the organism. More >>

Biosecurity NZ checks Coastal Classic Yachts

Wednesday, 19 October 2005, 9:12 am | Biosecurity NZ

Biosecurity New Zealand is taking action to ensure yachts leaving Auckland’s Waitemata Harbour as part of this weekend’s HSBC Coastal Classic yacht race are free of the invasive seasquirt, the clubbed tunicate. More >>

Latest Situation with Seasquirt Response

Monday, 17 October 2005, 1:55 pm | Biosecurity NZ

Biosecurity New Zealand has today confirmed that a small number of specimens taken from the Waikawa Marina near Picton are not the invasive seasquirt theclubbed tunicate. More >>

Picture of Seasquirt Spread Widens

Friday, 14 October 2005, 3:26 pm | Biosecurity NZ

Biosecurity New Zealand says preliminary information from the investigation underway at Auckland’s Viaduct Harbour indicates the invasive seasquirt clubbed tunicate is present in a wide area of the Viaduct, and potentially the greater Waitemata Harbour. More >>

Joint Effort To Eradicate Seasquirt Menace

Friday, 14 October 2005, 9:28 am | Biosecurity NZ

Members of Biosecurity New Zealand’s response team to the incursion of the clubbed tunicate seasquirt met with representatives of the country’s marine farming industry today to investigate working together on the situation. More >>

Warning against unapproved cleaning methods

Thursday, 13 October 2005, 1:32 pm | Biosecurity NZ

Biosecurity New Zealand has become aware of a number of alternative cleaning methods being promoted for cleaning river equipment. This has occurred without consultation with Biosecurity New Zealand, and the methods have not been laboratory tested on ... More >>

Clubbed tunicate survey to start in Viaduct

Wednesday, 12 October 2005, 6:16 pm | Biosecurity NZ

Work surveying the extent of the clubbed tunicate sea squirt in Auckland’s Viaduct Harbour will begin tomorrow (Thursday 13 October 2005). More >>

World jetboat event to allowed to proceed

Wednesday, 12 October 2005, 10:57 am | Biosecurity NZ

Jetboating New Zealand has agreed to exclude all rivers known to be affected with Didymo from the World Jetboat Marathon and complete intensive cleaning of boats between rivers, allowing the event to proceed, Biosecurity New Zealand announced this afternoon. More >>

First Didymo survey negative, caution needed

Friday, 7 October 2005, 3:39 pm | Biosecurity NZ

Surveys of the Northern third of the South Island have not found any more rivers affected by the invasive Didymo alga, Biosecurity New Zealand announced today. More >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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