Goat Island’s marine reserve- A summer series # 6
Goat Island’s marine reserve is right on Auckland’s doorstep, plentiful with oversized snapper and other fish species. The reserve is near Leigh about an hour and a half drive from Auckland and was New Zealand’s first marine reserve officially opened in 1977. It covers 518 hectares of coastal sea between Cape Rodney and Okakari Point. The immediate […]
Goat Island’s marine reserve oozes snapper
Goat Island would have to be one of the most accessible marine life reserves and it’s right on our door step, just an hours drive north of Auckland. The marine reserve, oozing snapper and other fish species is in Leigh, just a short distance from the popular Matakana Village. Before I go any further I […]