DOC's work with native fish

DOC surveys and monitors fish populations around New Zealand. Important whitebait spawning sites are fenced off from stock to prevent the whitebait eggs being trampled. DOC staff around New Zealand are involved in planting and encouraging others to replant riparian vegetation along the edge of waterways.

DOC worker

For more information

• Contact your local DOC office. 
• Look up ‘The Reed Field Guide to New Zealand Freshwater Fishes’ by R.M. McDowall (published 2000)’ in your local library or book shop. 
• Check out the following web pages:
• NIWA fish atlas
• www.nzfreshwater.org