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It has been quite a long time since we started  discussions with the Cook Islands government on the expansion of the purse seine industrial fishery in the Cook Islands.

Te Ipukarea Society’s Bird of the Year Cook Islands competition has a mysterious new entry this year. An extinct bird you may have never heard of, the Kīko’i or Mauke Starling (Aplonis mavornata), writes Te Ipukarea Society.

The key purpose of the Tāua e Moana voyage is to deliver ocean health awareness raising messages by the three collaborating organisations. At every island, each organisation has given presentations to the schools.

Native to the Cook Islands and across the Pacific, the Rupe is found on most southern group islands as well as Palmerston, Pukapuka and Manihiki.

A special part of the recent northern group vaka tour was being able to experience the local foods, traditions and even some examples of local fishing practices carried out on each of the islands. Rakahanga is made up of a central lagoon surrounded by a rectangular shaped atoll and outer reef.

Concerns had been raised from residents in Muri regarding cages holding sea urchins locally known as “avake” (Tripneustes gratilla) in Muri lagoon.

The Cook Islands recently hosted an international workshop on deep seabed (SBM) environmental management and monitoring from 26 to 29 July 2021...Topics discussed during the workshop included the SBM international legal framework and the application of the precautionary approach, the responsibili

Well, we are back from our epic voyage, our own odyssey to the Pa Tokerau, our northern group in the Cook Islands, after seven weeks away on our Marumaru Atua.

Data collected from coral reefs in the Cook Islands have been used in a new model to help save reef ecosystems around the planet. The models used existing data from the Cook Islands and six other South Pacific nations.

Everyone is wondering WTF? - Wheres the Fish? Anecdotally, across the Cook Islands people are talking about this big issues saying catches are low, even for this time of year, writes Te Ipukarea Society. Many reasons have been suggested, alot of which are valid.