DSC_9908 Pouched lamprey, (Geotria australis) kanakana or piharau, are are an important customary fishery to Maori. Here customary 'monitors' Duncan Ryan and Keith Bradshaw, collect samples of adults, to regularly check the health and size of the migratory runs *
DSC_0748 Inanga (Galaxias maculatus) a whitebaiter watches the turning tide from his stand during the whitebait season. Inanga are the most important species in the whitebait fishery. These small widespread galaxiid fish are found at lower elevations and near the coast. Okuru River, Westland
DSC_0844 Teviot flathead galaxias (Galaxias 'Teviot') DoC Ranger Daniel Jack, and Freshwater Science Advisor Dr Nicholas Dunn, survey one of the very last sites where Teviots still occur. Over the last decade, nearly half the known Teviot populations have been lost. This can be directly linked to the spread of sports fish (trout and brook char), which eat galaxiids; and changes in land use such as stock access to streams, reduction of native vegetation, land development and forest harvesting. The last few populations remain in a few headwater streams small enough to step across in the Teviot River, surrounding Lake Onslow *
