The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry’s site
describes Biosecurity New Zealand’s work in
protecting the environment, biosecurity, and
controlling pests and diseases.
The New Zealand Food Safety Authority site
answers questions about poisoning from eating
shellfish containing toxins from the algal bloom of
Gymnodinium catenatum.
This PDF (183 KB) lists the invasive marine
species in New Zealand.
More suggestions and sources
Coutts, Ashley, and Michael Taylor. ‘A
preliminary investigation of biosecurity risks
associated with biofouling on merchant vessels in
New Zealand.’ New Zealand Journal of Marine and
Freshwater Research 38 (2004): 215–229.
Coutts, Ashley, Kirrily Moore, and Chad Hewitt.
‘Ships’ sea-chests: an overlooked transfer
mechanism for non-indigenous marine species?’
Baseline/Marine Pollution Bulletin 46
(2003): 1504–1515.
Cranfield, H. J., and others. Adventive
marine species in New Zealand. NIWA technical
report 34, National Institute of Water and
Atmospheric Research, 1998.
Hansford, Dave. ‘Invaders from Inner Space.’
Seafood New Zealand (July 2002):
30–33.