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Cawthron provides research based solutions to enable the sustainable management and development of New Zealand's coastal and freshwater systems and resources for the benefit of the region and the nation.  

Cawthron’s funding comes from the Foundation for Research, Science & Technology and a range of commercial clients to which it provides consulting and analytical services. Cawthron employs over 180 scientific and technical staff based in Nelson and Marlborough.

Inaugural Cawthron Science Award Leader Taking Science to the Community - Dr Nicholas Edgar, CEO of the New Zealand Landcare Trust, is excited at the prospect of being the 'first' to take advantage of the unique scholarship...

Shellfish industry headed for bright future - A major research project led by Nelson's Cawthron Institute intends to transform the aquaculture industry...

New imported food requirements for bivalve molluscan shellfish - Cawthron's laboratories are the only NZFSA-approved laboratories in the Southern Hemisphere able to undertake biotoxin testing via specified LCMS methods...

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