May 23rd is World Fish Migration Day – a worldwide celebration of free-flowing rivers and the life they support. We have some very special fish here in Aotearoa, and this year we’re literally shining a spotlight on five species of galaxiid that move between freshwater and the sea during their lives.
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Every whitebait season whitebait wriggle upstream – some destined for fritters, some as dinner for other native and non-native species. But what happens to those whitebait that get away?
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A call for help to the public for any whitebait catcher diaries they may have, regardless of condition.
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Freshwater Ranger Suze Harris is based in Hokitika and studies migratory galaxiids on the West Coast. Here she explains a summary of what whitebait grow up into, and what habitats you can find them in.
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Most culverts have been designed to move water efficiently rather than for ecological reasons. That’s why our native freshwater fish need more help to get to habitat upstream.
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