24 Jul 2024

Our Changing World – The ocean census voyage

From Afternoons, 3:35 pm on 24 July 2024
Five people wearing hi-viz vests, hard hats and rubber gloves lean over a tray filled with water and an array of spiky, goopy creatures that have been hauled up from the ocean depths. One person is using tweezers to sort through the tray, and another is holding a transparent jar half-filled with spiky creatures.

Ocean Census scientists sift through a sample. Photo: NIWA / Ocean Census / Rebekah Parsons-King

An expedition to the Bounty Trough off the Otago Coast uncovers a treasure trove of deep-sea creatures – including some species new to science.

Veronika Meduna meets slimy fish, snails, and tiny shrimp-like critters from the ocean depths.