What’s at stake: Niwa’s RecirculatingAquaculture System team in Northland is commercially producing a new high-value marine finfish – kingfish.
Background: The CRI narrowed down 20 years of breeding research to select one with the best export commercial and is proving up the concept to attract external investors.
Main players: Niwa’s RAS project is one of eight finalists in the Science NZ Awards 2025 in the success in innovation/commercialisation category.
“We’ve already learnt a lot,” says Amanda Cleary, project manager for the National Institute of Atmospheric Research (Niwa)’s new Recirculating Aquaculture System (RAS), which is farming and exporting a new high-value marine fish.
The RAS was officially opened in August 2024 at Niwa’s
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What’s at stake: Niwa’s RecirculatingAquaculture System team in Northland is commercially producing a new high-value marine finfish – kingfish.
Background: The CRI narrowed down 20 years of breeding research to select one with the best export commercial and is proving up the concept to attract external investors.
Main players: Niwa’s RAS project is one of eight finalists in the Science NZ Awards 2025 in the success in innovation/commercialisation category.
