Research Vessels
The School of Science has a range of research vessels and monitoring equipment.
Our main vessels range from 3.8m to 9m in length. We also have an electrofishing boat for freshwater fish surveying. Vessels need a qualified skipper to operate. We have various staff trained as skippers and research divers.
Previous research
- Seabed mapping
- Electrofishing surveys
- Deployment of monitoring equipment
- Sediment sampling
- Research diving
The School of Science has a range of expertise and equipment for studying coastal, estuarine and freshwater environments. Our researchers develop new monitoring and surveying techniques such as New Zealand's first electrofishing boat and eDNA identification and analysis of Didymosphenia geminata, commonly known as didymo or rock snot. Instrumentation owned and operated within the university can measure the quality and physical characteristics of water and the organisms within. We can also perform seabed mapping and hydrographic surveying in coastal, estuarine and freshwater environments. Through the Environmental Research Institute (ERI) the University offers research, advisory and consultancy services to a range of end-users.
Services and equipment for hire
- Monitor water quality
- Measure waves and currents
- Seabed mapping and hydrographic surveying
- Identification of Didymosphenia geminata in freshwater
- Combined vegetation and environmental monitoring
- Ecosystem surveying and mapping