A seafloor image from the deep-tow camera capturing orange roughy is marked up for analysis. Links in deep-sea research between the Austalia and New Zealand date back to the 1980s-early 1990s when assessing the size and status of orange roughy stocks was a key research issue for both NIWA and CSIRO. Image: CSIRO
Malcolm Clark has worked with CSIRO colleagues on seamount research for many years, and is sharing his experience of similar environments across the Tasman. As a principal investigator on this survey, he is leading a watch, and helping to plan and direct sampling operations. Image: Fraser Johnston/CSIRO
The acoustic calibration toolkit: ropes, weights, a large glass sphere, and a USBL positioning system to help the ship locate itself exactly over the sphere, which will be lowered to depths of 1200 metres. Image: Bethany Green/CSIRO