Protected fish nursery wiped out by mud 
By Will Harvie NZ Source: stuff 5/30/2022
Will Harvie
Credit: NWA
A fish nursery established in 1980 off Abel Tasman National Park has been destroyed by sediments coming off the land, a preliminary review of data has found.

The 146-square-kilometre protected area was off Separation Point, between Tasman and Golden Bays, at the top of the South Island.
 

It harboured colonies of “bryozoans”​ – small, colourful marine animals that sometimes form structures that are similar to coral.

It was thought juvenile snapper, tarakihi,​ cod, leatherjackets​ (creamfish)​ and other fish hid and fed in the colonies.

 
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