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Story: Aquaculture

Aquaculturalist Bob Hickman

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Aquaculturalist Bob Hickman

Scientist Bob Hickman, pictured here with a young rock lobster (crayfish), is one of the pioneers of New Zealand aquaculture. Based at the Māhanga Bay research facility, he has investigated many aspects of the biological farming requirements of shellfish and crustaceans in New Zealand.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PA-Group-00685)

Reference: EP/1996/0190/6

by Ray Pigney

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Maggy Wassilieff, Aquaculture – Protecting the environment, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/4770/aquaculturalist-bob-hickman (accessed 11 June 2026).

Story by Maggy Wassilieff, published 2 March 2009.