WINNER
Kura Paul-Burke
PROFESSOR OF MARINE RESEARCH AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO, NEW ZEALAND, FOR THE RESTORATION OF THE SHELLFISH POPULATION, OHIWA HARBOUR
What was the issue?
“In 2007, there were 112 million baby (mussels) in a continuous two-kilometre reef,” says Kura Paul-Burke. Twelve years on, there were fewer than 80,000 in the entire harbour. “Something