Our big blue backyard
Subtitle: New Zealand's oceans and marine reserves
By: Janet Hunt
Publisher: Random House New Zealand
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Glenfield, Auckland, New Zealand
Language: eng
Number of pages: 303
ISBN-13: 9781775536543
Copyright date: 2014
Subjects: Marine parks and reserves; Marine animals; Marine biology; Marine resources conservation; Marine biodiversity conservation
Description: "Examines New Zealand's 34 marine reserves, and the need to protect and preserve our seas and foreshores in their natural state. Each chapter contains features about outstanding plants, birds, fish, mammals, invertebrates and crustaceans as well as interviews and items of interest about people associated with marine conservation--divers, underwater camera operators, marine biologists, Experiencing Marine Reserves (EMR) people, including young folks who have had recent marine encounters ... is based on a six-episode television series made by Natural History New Zealand and which is to be screened on TVNZ in late 2014 but it goes much further than the six episodes go"--Publisher information.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 294-296) and index.