I’ve just returned from another fantastic trip to Great Barrier Island, on the Hawere once again, with Associate Professor Kendall Clements from the University of Auckland. Our mission for this trip was to collect two species of fish, parore and silver drummer. Blake from California is completing his Masters degree’ looking at nutrient absorption in silver drummer. Tabea from Germany is completing a PhD with a similar, but more complex project on parore. We had perfect weather, with brilliant days, beautiful sunsets, clear water, and cold air! It is winter after all!
My job once again was to collect the fish, causing as little damage to the fish, while killing them humanely. It meant long, but pleasurable days in the water. Once again, these scientists were very happy to share with me their work, their methods and ideas. I was pleased to be useful to them in their projects.
Even better, I return for another trip next week!
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