DSC_1223 Grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) were first introduced to NZ in the late 1960's for the purposes of aquatic weed control. Now aquaculturists are looking into their potential to be farmed as food fish for the table.
DSC_1081 Silver Carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix)
11002-02102 South Island lesser short-tailed bat (Mystacina tuberculata tuberculata) captured in a mist-net on Codfish Island, by bat scientist Mike Daniel *
