New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research abstracts

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Coral-like bryozoan growths in Tasman Bay, and their protection to conserve commercial fish stocks

MIKE BRADSTOCK

Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries Private Bag Nelson New Zealand

DENNIS P. GORDON

New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Division of Marine and Freshwater Science Department of Scientific and Industrial Research P.O. Box 12-346 Wellington North New Zealand

Abstract Mounds of 'coral' off Separation Point, Tasman Bay, which have recently been protected to conserve ecologically associated commercial fish species, are predominantly growths of Bryozoa. Two species (Celleporaria agglutinans, Hip-pomenella vellicata) make up the bulk of these structures. Trawling through the 'coral' grounds has affected the fish populations to the extent that an area has been closed to trawling to conserve stocks.

Keywords Celleporaria agglutinans; Hip-pomenella vellicata; Bryozoa; fisheries; marine ecology; resource conservation

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 1983, Vol. 17 : 159-163 0028-8330/83/1702-0159$2.50/0 © Crown copyright 1983 Received 16 August 1982

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