Citizens of the Sea
Bay of Islands, NZ — A new project is collecting three types of information to help fill an existing gap of Pacific Ocean data.
New Zealand Geographic and the Cawthron Institute have launched Citizens of the Sea, which aims to map the health and biodiversity of the Pacific at a larger scale than...

![New Zealand Geographic and the Cawthron Institute have launched Citizens of the Sea, which aims to map the health and biodiversity of the Pacific at a larger scale than before. Deploying the TorpeDNA device to gather environmental data samples. [photo: Citizens of the Sea] sailor deploying technology for e-DNA, biophysical sensors, and 3-D reconstruction of corals](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/deploying_torpedna_device_copy.jpg?itok=qKTBGowN)