Katrina Goddard, Forest & Bird’s Marine Advocate is exploring the sub-Antarctic Islands with Heritage Expeditions. This is her diary from day 4 of the trip.  This mornings wake up was rather special. Rodney, our expedition leader, called through that we had made it into Carnley Harbour in the Auckland Islands and we were attempting to […]

Katrina Goddard, Forest & Bird’s Marine Advocate is exploring the sub-Antarctic Islands with Heritage Expeditions. This is her diary from day 3 of the trip.  We arrived at the Auckland Islands during the early hours after a fantastic sleep – what a spectacular view to wake up to. I was up at the crack of dawn watching […]

Katrina Goddard, Forest & Bird’s Marine Advocate is exploring the sub-Antarctic Islands with Heritage Expeditions. This is her diary from day 2 of the trip.  All I can say is that the taxi driver was right. Last night and most of today has been a ‘rolling goodtime’. However, I did manage to get a few […]

For the past 9 years, Forest & Bird had produced a Best Fish Guide, so seafood-eaters are aware of the sustainability of the seafood they’re eating. New Zealand’s aquaculture industry (farmed seafood) is growing rapidly and has never been assessed, so it seemed time for Forest & Bird to assess the ecological sustainability of our […]