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Native galaxiids are suppressed by both trout and reduced flow
13 February, 2025
Hot of the press! Fish Futures' Angus McIntosh, Jonathan Tonkin and Nixi Boddy with former University of Canterbury MSc student…
Invasive brown bullhead catfish are expanding their range in Aotearoa
28 November, 2024
Climate change and invasive brown bullhead catfish represent synergistic threats to kōura. Managers need to be able to identify habitat…
The Future of Fish at the 2024 New Zealand Freshwater Sciences Society Conference
28 November, 2024
From 19-22 November, a large team from Fish Futures gathered in Rotorua for the annual New Zealand Freshwater Sciences Society…
Student update: Lucy Coulston | Master of Science | University of Canterbury
25 November, 2024
The modification of coastal wetlands, such as Waitarakao and Waituna lagoons, alongside imposed management and governance processes, has affected the…
Fish Futures Early Career Rōpū update
23 October, 2024
The Early Career Rōpū recently held a two-day retreat in Christchurch which was packed with writing, presentations, workshops, and of…
Multiple lines of evidence suggest that de-stocking predatory trout from a lake will release competition and drive native kōaro to extinction
16 September, 2024
Below is a conference poster that Fish Futures freshwater ecologist Simon Stewart presented at the 2024 American Fisheries Society conference…
Conference Presentation – American Fisheries Society 2024
16 September, 2024
Listen to Fish Futures Programme co-leader Robin Holmes presenting at the American Fisheries Society 2024 in Honolulu, Hawaii. "Supporting Care…
Strangers in a strange land; freshwater fish introductions, impacts, management and socio-ecological feedbacks in a small island nation – the case of Aotearoa New Zealand
26 July, 2024
Invasive non-native species are a major threat to native biodiversity, especially in freshwater ecosystems. Aotearoa New Zealand has a unique…
Ecosystem-size relationships of river populations and communities
1 June, 2024
Understanding how the size of a river affects populations and communities is key to balancing human and environmental water needs.…
Fish Futures at the American Association of Geographers 2024 Annual Meeting
20 April, 2024
In April, a contingent of nine Fish Futures researchers from Aotearoa, Australia, UK and North America, met in Hawai'i for…
Cass River sampling – Jan 2024
26 February, 2024
UC FERG students and staff spent 10 days electrofishing the Cass River, Te Awa-o-Takatamira, Mackenzie Basin, to further understand the…
Multiscale ecological resilience in braided rivers
2 December, 2023
Natural river systems are complex and dynamic but can maintain stable ecological features. This complexity helps rivers cope with changes,…
Dr Ian Kusabs at the Māori Fisheries Conference 2023
16 November, 2023
Our kōura superhero, Dr Ian Kusabs, was invited to provide a plenary lecture at the 2023 Māori Freshwater Fisheries Conference…
Te Tūkohu Ngāwhā Mātauranga Māori Science and Design Fair
3 July, 2023
At the 2023 Te Tūkohu Ngāwhā Mātauranga Māori Science and Design Fair, Fish Futures partnered with Lakes380 to host an…
Fish Futures at Freshwater Sciences 2023
3 June, 2023
Fish Futures was well represented at the ‘Freshwater Dowunder’ joint meeting of the Society for Freshwater Science, New Zealand Freshwater…
Fish habitat restoration project in Southland’s Waituna Creek
7 November, 2022
Native fish can thrive in farmed catchments if we protect and restore their habitat.
Freshwater fisheries in a changing world
1 September, 2022
Fish Futures was well represented at the 2022 Māori Freshwater Fisheries Conference in Taupo on 1-2 September. The research programme co-leads…
Jane Kitson talks Kanakana
9 November, 2021
The Spinoff’s Leonie Hayden explores the cultural values and unique ecology of our native lamprey/kanakana (called piharau in the North…
The benefits and problems trout create from historical, social, cultural, and ecological perspectives.
2 August, 2021
To make fair and informed decisions about managing introduced species in postcolonial areas like Aotearoa (New Zealand), we need to…