Source: Environment Canterbury Regional Council
Members of our Land Management and Biodiversity teams, along with representatives from EOS, ACCG and several local farmers, travelled to Corbies Creek to learn from Department of Conservation (DOC) rangers and Martha Jolly, who is completing her PhD at the University of Canterbury on built and natural barriers protecting native fish species.
“These populations of endangered fish species are really small and fragmented,” Jolly said.
Of particular note is the lowland longjaw galaxid, one of Aotearoa/New Zealand’s most endangered fish.
“We have seven known populations left, all at risk of extinction through extreme events like floods, droughts and invasion by bigger predatory fish such as trout,” she said.
Together with partners across the region, we have funded deliberate fish passage barriers to protect indigenous biodiversity in a practice known as isolation management.
