Environment

New approach to tackle marine pest offers hope

08:52 am on 12 February 2024

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It's been called the world's worst marine pest, and now it's here, spreading across the sea floor at Aotea Great Barrier, Waiheke, and the Bay of Islands.

Eradication may already be impossible but a new approach in Northland is offering hope caulerpa can at least be controlled.

Peter de Graaf reports.