Mapping our fisheries

Tarakihi annual population distribution,
Tarakihi FMAs and General Stat Areas.

Getting a clearer picture of New Zealand’s aquatic biodiversity is a lot easier thanks to NABIS. The much longer name is the National Aquatic Biodiversity Information System.

NABIS is a web-based mapping tool developed as part of New Zealand’s Biodiversity Strategy that allows users to access a huge range of information.

Using this interactive tool, NABIS users can build maps using over 450 different types of information. Users can zoom in or out to focus on a single bay, or the whole of the country and its sea area. Available information includes:

• New Zealand’s fisheries management areas
• where New Zealand’s marine species can be found (distribution)
• our coastline, marine environment and bathymetry (the depth of the ocean floor)

  marine reserves, customary areas, and restricted fishing areas.

For this information and more go to:

nabis.govt.nz