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A 3D Printer is helping save New Zealand’s endangered native fish
Media release14 November 2023A 3D Printer is helping save New Zealand’s endangered native fish -
NZ Freshwater Fish Database
Software Tool/ResourceThe New Zealand Freshwater Fish Database (NZFFD) contains over 50,000 freshwater fish observations from across New Zealand from 1901 to the present. -
NIWA’s freshwater ecologists helping regional councils remove the barriers to fish migration
News article21 June 2023About 76 per cent of indigenous freshwater fish species, that’s 39 out of 54, are threatened with extinction or at risk of becoming threatened. -
Half of NZ’s rivers blocked for migratory fish
Media release25 January 2023Nearly half of New Zealand’s river network is partially or fully inaccessible to migratory fish, a new study shows. -
How to farm fish on land
Dr Alvin Setiawan talks about recirculating aquaculture systems. -
Freshwater species show vulnerability to climate change
Media release15 September 2020A new study has identified seven freshwater species native to Aotearoa-New Zealand that will likely be highly or very highly vulnerable to climate change. -
Freshwater species - publications
These are some recent publications related to the freshwater species ecology and management programme. -
Freshwater species ecology and management
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Taonga Species Series
ServiceNIWA, through the MBIE-funded Cultural Keystone Species programme (2016-2020), have developed a series of iwi engagement booklets sharing science knowledge to support species management strategy. -
Unlocking the mysterious marine life of eels
Feature story01 February 2020Tiny, translucent eels may hold the answers to one of the fish world’s great mysteries. Zen Gregor investigates. -
Scientists help lamprey to spread the love
Media release30 September 2019Contraptions that resemble upside-down kitchen sinks have been placed in the Waikawa River in Southland to attract a notoriously elusive native fish species.