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Releasing juvenile trout

Releasing juvenile trout

Trout were introduced into New Zealand waters, and their numbers sometimes became too great (with an impact on fish size) or too few. This man is releasing juvenile trout (‘fry’) into Lake Rotorua to build up stocks in the 1920s.

About this item

Alexander Turnbull Library, John Pascoe Collection
Reference: 1/4-002059; F
Photograph by John Dobrée Pascoe

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Malcolm McKinnon. 'Volcanic Plateau region', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 20-Dec-10
URL: http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/volcanic-plateau-region/8/1