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Project Hotspot End User Workshop Dr Emily Roberts Planners Industry Use findings & results Better protect coastal Scientists Educators threatened species in Taranaki Conservation Government Authorities Groups Aim of Project Hotspot

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Project Hotspot End User Workshop

Dr Emily Roberts

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Educators Scientists Use findings & results Better protect coastal threatened species in Taranaki Planners Conservation Groups Industry Government Authorities

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Orca Nationally critical Little blue penguin At risk, declining Reef heron Nationally endangered NZ fur seal Regionally distinctive

Aim of Project Hotspot:

  • Capture local knowledge
  • Four coastal threatened species
  • Better protect these species and their habitats
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Community Supported by: Scientists

End users

Schools

Run through:

Critically assess data Communicate & educate Decision makers Community grps Industry Capture local knowledge Ask questions and formulate hypotheses Design & conduct investigations

Led by:

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NZ Coastal Policy Statement 2010 Policy 11: To protect indigenous biological diversity in the coastal environment: a) Avoid adverse effects of activities on: i) Indigenous taxa that are listed as threatened or at risk in the New Zealand Threat Classification System lists

The Policy

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  • For policy to work: more reliable records
  • Build more accurate mapped information
  • Freely available to everyone
  • Lead to more informed decisions:

managing coastal environment

The Policy

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Record a Sighting

Report sighting

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Record a Sighting

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Record a Sighting

Download data as CSV file Click on photo or map point to read sighting report Interactive map: zoom

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Record a Sighting

Click to add new sighting

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Record a Sighting

Most important button!

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Sightings: Quality Control

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View Sighting Records

Click on map

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Zoom in Select layer

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Results: Orca

NZ Threat Classification: Nationally critical NZ Population: Less than 200 Main threats: Boat strikes and pollution

Ian Steel

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Project Hotspot: Born

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Andrew Wright Ian Steel Jasmine Newsome

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114 sightings in total (PH & DOC) Since Nov 2015:

  • 67 sightings
  • 23 days

Orca sightings

Number of sightings per 4 km2 grid

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Domi Nika Z Photography

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Heli View

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Inclusion in AEE Scientific research What can the results be used for? Raise awareness of rules School projects Raise awareness amongst vessel

  • perators

NZ Threat Classification Inclusion in submissions

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Results: Reef Heron

NZ Threat Classification: Nationally endangered NZ Population: Only 300 to 500 Main threats: Coastal development and disturbance by people/dogs

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69 sightings in total 9 individuals Check out the website: www.hotspot.org.nz

Reef heron sightings

Total heron count in 4 km2 grid

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Karen Pratt

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Inclusion in AEE Scientific research What can the results be used for? School projects NZ Threat Classification Inclusion in submissions Oil spill response plans

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Results: Little blue penguin

NZ Threat Classification: At risk, declining NZ Population: 50,000 to 100,000 birds Main threats: Predators, coastal development and marine litter

DOC

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187 sightings in total Check out the website: www.hotspot.org.nz

Little blue penguin sightings

Total penguin count in 4 km2 grid

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187 sightings in total Check out the website: www.hotspot.org.nz

Little blue penguin sightings

Total number sightings per 4 km2 grid

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187 sightings in total Check out the website: www.hotspot.org.nz

Little blue penguin sightings

Dead

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Inclusion in AEE Scientific research What can the results be used for? School projects NZ Threat Classification Inclusion in submissions Oil spill response plans Inform how best to protect

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Results: NZ fur seals

NZ Threat Classification: Not threatened (regionally distinctive) NZ Population: Approximately 100,000 Main threats: Human activities including entanglement

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56 total Check out the website: www.hotspot.org.nz

NZ fur seal sightings

Number of sightings per 4 km2 grid

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56 total Thanks Fred!

NZ fur seal sightings

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Inclusion in AEE Scientific research What can the results be used for? Raise awareness of rules School projects Raise awareness amongst vessel

  • perators

Inclusion in submissions

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Other threatened species

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Action Projects

  • Tapuae Marine Reserve:

Highlands & Oakura

  • Research: investigate threats to

species

  • Work with end users to achieve

better protection

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