Welcome to New Zealand's
National Aquatic Biodiversity Information System (NABIS)

NABIS is an interactive web-based mapping tool. Users can map and display information about New Zealand's marine environment, species distributions and fisheries management.

Ministry for Primary Industries

Visit New Zealand Government Website (opens in new window).

 

If you would like to give us feed back or have any questions about the site please email nabis@fish.govt.nz.

On 1 July 2011 MAF merged with the Ministry of Fisheries (MFish). Click here for the MAF website.

On 30 April 2012 MAF was rebranded to the Ministry for Primary Industries.


What NABIS can do

NABIS makes available over 900 maps describing:

  • The distribution of New Zealand's marine species.
  • The New Zealand coastline, marine environment and bathymetry
  • New Zealand cities, towns, lakes and rivers
  • Marine reserves, Customary areas, and areas where fishing is restricted
  • And fisheries management areas

There are also tools that allow you to create new maps from fisheries commercial catch and effort data.

You can view or print any combination of map layers, at almost any zoom resolution that you wish.

  Map from NABIS showing Snapper and Mero's Octopus distributions

More of what NABIS can do...

 

 

WHAT'S NEW

19 December 2011
Data updates in December

28 October 2011
Data Updates in October

05 October 2011
Data updates in October

09 August 2011
Data Updates in August

19 April 2011
Data Updates in April