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NIWA recently published a report based on a survey of blue cod in the Marlborough Sounds and Tasman bay. Download the report and supporting documents as Acrobat Pdf files: Full report Map of survey areas Tabulated data A brief sample of the conclusion is quoted below: The Marlborough Sounds and Tasman Bay blue cod fishery…

More video of Hectors Dolphins in the Marlborough Sounds. Use the controls below the viewer to start the movie [kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.guardiansofthesounds.co.nz/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/video/hector-dolphins-2.swf” height=”455″ width=”400″ /]

Some unique footage of the rare Hector’s dolphin in the Marlborough Sounds. Use the controls below the viewer to start the video. [kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.guardiansofthesounds.co.nz/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/video/hector-dolphins-1.swf” height=”455″ width=”400″ /]

To whom it may concern, My apologies for missing the first submission round, I was away but did make contact andrew Baxter and relayed to him our concerns regarding the plight of our precious little hectors. I see that in your draft plan our concerns were ignored, the points we made to him were that…

Guardians of the Sounds Public Meeting held at Queen Charlotte College Wednesday 29 August 2007 Gary Lowe as facilitator welcomed over 100 people to the meeting and introduced the speakers. Peter Beech, GOS Chairperson gave a background on the issue of using Methyl Bromide at Shakespeare Bay to fumigate logs being shipped to India. There…

Forestry History Pinus Radiata began to be planted extensively in the Port Underwood area in the 1970s. After the Northbank plantations it forms the next most extensive area in Marlborough. From the present annual extraction rate of mature timber of approximately 50,000 tonnes/year harvesting is to increase to a peak of 220,000 tonnes in 2007.…

When Captain Cook visited the Sounds in 1770, he estimated the Maori Population at no more than 200 souls. Because he never explored the inner Sounds, he had no knowledge of populated areas like the large catchments of Waikawa, Waitohi (Picton ), Ngakuta, Anakiwa and Tory Channel. Based on the archaeological sites that we have…