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Hahei Marine Reserve – preliminary assessment and habitat inventory

1. Identification information

Status
Complete
Data Collection Date
1990
Summary
The survey data is used to present a preliminary evaluation of the subtidal habitat types within the 8 square kilometer proposed reserve. Purpose: marine reserve proposal
Content
Survey undertaken from 28-31 March 1990. Eighteen kilometers of seabed were surveyed using a distance-recording manta board (14 individual transits) and seven 50m long transects were quantitatively described using line transect/quadrat analysis. Substrate types: rock, boulder, sand, fine sand. Habitat types: mixed weed, kina & coralline turf, Ecklonia forests, deep zone, sand flats.
Study Types
  • Inventory/Survey
Categories
  • Marine Protection
  • Fish
  • Benthic Communities (including shellfish)
  • Plants/Vegetation
  • Habitat mapping
  • Sediments
  • Bathymetry
  • Benthic Communities (including shellfish)

2. Contact information

Commissioning Agencies
  • Department of Conservation
Contact Organisations
  • Department of Conservation (Waikato Conservancy)

3. Spatial information

Geographic Coverage
Proposed boundaries of the Hahei marine reserve (Mussel rock – Motukorure island – Moturoa Island – outside of Motueka Island – outside of Waikaranga Island – inside of Okorotere island – southern tip of Mahurangi island – middle of Hahei Beach).
Grid Coordinates
Centre of marine reserve – NZMG E2760303 N6481804, 1:20,000, Area
Locations
  • Name
    Centre of marine reserve
    NZMG Easting
    2760300
    NZMG Northing
    6481807
    Location
    Mercury Bay to Tairua Harbour (including Tairua Ocean Beach)
    East Coast

4. Data acquisition information

Collection Date
28-31 March 1990
Methodology
Manta board tows and 50m transects. Frequency of collection: One off survey

5. Data quality information

Known Limitations
qualitative data only Gaps in collection: Not reported Data quality: Not reported Attribute accuracy: Not reported Completeness: Not reported

6. Distribution information

Format
report, electronic Digital Format: MS Word, MS Excel
Applications
Availability
Freely available. Department of Conservation Waikato Conservancy Office 574.99314COF Sensitivity/Confidentiality: None

7. Status information

Data Status
Finished

8. Metadata information

General Notes
Habitat data to a great extent has been superseded by side scan sonar habitat maps.
Related Links
Publications
  • Coffey, B. T. & Grace, R. V. 1990: Proposed Marine Reserve, Hahei: a preliminary assessment and habitat inventory. Report for the Department of Conservation. Brian T. Coffey and Associates Ltd, Hamilton.
Related Publications
  • DoC, 1990: Cathedral Cove Marine Reserve Proposal – an application for a marine reserve. DoC, Hamilton. ISBN 0-478-01225-X
  • Anderson, MJ., 2002: Structures for establishing a database for marine monitoring. Science internal series 58, DoC Wellington.
  • Bay of Plenty Polytechnic, 1991: Contribution to the selection of control sites, Cathedral Cove proposed marine reserve. Unpublished report of the Marine Studies Course 1991, Bay of Plenty Polytechnic, Tauranga.
  • Coffey, B, T. 1992: Marine Reserve Proposal, Hahei, Coromandel Peninsula. Comments on boundary changes under consideration. Report to DoC Waikato Conservancy. Brian T. Coffey and Associates Ltd.
  • Pugsley, C., & Turnbull, J. (Comp.) 1994: Marine Reserves Monitoring Workshop, 24-25 February 1994. Science and Research Internal Report No.146, DoC Wellington.
  • Shears, N., Walker, J. & Babcock, R. 2000. Te Whanganui a Hei Marine Reserve benthic community monitoring program – 1999/2000. Unpublished contract report to the Department of Conservation, August 2000. Investigation No. NRO/02/03. Auckland UniServices Ltd. University of Auckland, Auckland.
  • Smith, R.K. 1990: Coastal Land Use Classification, NE Coromandel Peninsula and the representative value of the proposed Hahei Marine Reserve. Water Quality Centre, DSIR, Hamilton. Prepared for DOC Hamilton.
  • Taylor, N., & Buckenham, B., 2003: Social impacts of marine reserves in New Zealand. Science for Conservation series 217, DoC Wellington.
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