28 November, 2024Climate change and invasive brown bullhead catfish represent synergistic threats to kōura. Managers need to be able to identify habitat…
28 November, 2024From 19-22 November, a large team from Fish Futures gathered in Rotorua for the annual New Zealand Freshwater Sciences Society…
25 November, 2024The modification of coastal wetlands, such as Waitarakao and Waituna lagoons, alongside imposed management and governance processes, has affected the…
23 October, 2024The Early Career Rōpū recently held a two-day retreat in Christchurch which was packed with writing, presentations, workshops, and of…
16 September, 2024Below is a conference poster that Fish Futures freshwater ecologist Simon Stewart presented at the 2024 American Fisheries Society conference…
16 September, 2024Listen to Fish Futures Programme co-leader Robin Holmes presenting at the American Fisheries Society 2024 in Honolulu, Hawaii. "Supporting Care…
26 July, 2024Invasive non-native species are a major threat to native biodiversity, especially in freshwater ecosystems. Aotearoa New Zealand has a unique…- 20 April, 2024In April, a contingent of nine Fish Futures researchers from Aotearoa, Australia, UK and North America, met in Hawai'i for…
26 February, 2024UC FERG students and staff spent 10 days electrofishing the Cass River, Te Awa-o-Takatamira, Mackenzie Basin, to further understand the…
2 December, 2023Natural river systems are complex and dynamic but can maintain stable ecological features. This complexity helps rivers cope with changes,…
16 November, 2023Our kōura superhero, Dr Ian Kusabs, was invited to provide a plenary lecture at the 2023 Māori Freshwater Fisheries Conference…- 3 July, 2023At the 2023 Te Tūkohu Ngāwhā Mātauranga Māori Science and Design Fair, Fish Futures partnered with Lakes380 to host an…
3 June, 2023Fish Futures was well represented at the ‘Freshwater Dowunder’ joint meeting of the Society for Freshwater Science, New Zealand Freshwater…
7 November, 2022Native fish can thrive in farmed catchments if we protect and restore their habitat.
1 September, 2022Fish Futures was well represented at the 2022 Māori Freshwater Fisheries Conference in Taupo on 1-2 September. The research programme co-leads…- 9 November, 2021The Spinoff’s Leonie Hayden explores the cultural values and unique ecology of our native lamprey/kanakana (called piharau in the North…
2 August, 2021To make fair and informed decisions about managing introduced species in postcolonial areas like Aotearoa (New Zealand), we need to…
