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Fish Monitoring and Identification Course

We recently held a fish monitoring and identification course. Thirteen people attended from consultancies and Auckland Council. On day one we went through the tables of the NZ Freshwater Fish Sampling Protocols (2013). This enabled us to compare and discuss efficiency of sampling methods. In the afternoon we went out and electric fished the Oruamo Stream. This revealed Kōura, shortfin eels and redfin bullies. We set fine mesh fykes and g minnow traps. The following day we checked these traps w...

A good sign! Inanga and Redfin Bully

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Kaeo Agriculture Field Day

The Kaeo Agriculture Field Day on November 4th 2020 really brought home to me what we mean by best management practice for sheep and beef farms. The field day  held at 133 Te Ranga Rd, included a tour that showed some great riparian planting of seepage zones to filter sediment and nutrients to ensure minimal harm to the stream channel further downslope of the farm. I even got out the night before and set some fish traps! We caught inanga, red fin bully, common bully, longfin and shortfin ee...

For the past 2 weeks we have been running community stream care workshops, it's been fun

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Welcome to our new site!

We'd love your feedback on our new site and any improvements you think need making. PS What do you think of this pest fish I caught recently? ...

July 2020 Newsletter

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Newsletter - May 2017

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