Story: Whitebait and whitebaiting

More links and websites

• Inanga

  This page from the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) site describes the most common species in the whitebait catch.

• Quick guide to sorting whitebait samples

  A NIWA document explaining how to identify different whitebait species. PDF format (53 KB).

• Whitebait can’t jump

  On the NIWA site, this article shows that īnanga, the most common species of whitebait, cannot easily climb weirs.

• Whitebaiting

  The Department of Conservation’s whitebaiting regulations for New Zealand.

More suggestions and sources

• Bradshaw, Julia. The far downers. Dunedin: University of Otago Press, 2001.
• McDowall, Robert M. The New Zealand whitebait book. Wellington: Reed, 1984.
• McDowall, Robert M. The Reed guide to New Zealand freshwater fishes. Auckland: Reed, 2000.
• Peat, Neville. Cascade on the run. Christchurch: Whitcoulls, 1979.