NZ has a vast sea territory but lags behind other nations in protecting the ocean

By Conrad Pilditch, Professor of Marine Sciences, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
Elizabeth Macpherson, Professor of Law and Rutherford Discovery Fellow, University of Canterbury
Joanne Ellis, Associate Professor of Marine Science, University of Waikato
Karen Fisher, Professor in Human Geography, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
Karin Bryan, Professor of Coastal Oceanography, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
Rachael Mortiaux, PhD Candidate in Law, University of Canterbury
Simon Francis Thrush, Director of the Institute of Marine Science, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau

Two international ocean science and policy meetings this month have called on nations to be more ambitious in their efforts to protect and restore marine ecosystems.

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