Sustainable wild whitebait Fishery: Habitat mapping in the Waimangaroa, Jones Creek and Whareatea catchments Technical Report
- Author
- Orchard, S.
- Year
- 2020
- Publisher / Organisation
- Waterlink
- Pages
- 27
- Summary
- This report summarises the results of habitat mapping completed in March 2020 to support the Sustainable Wild Whitebait Fishery (SWWF) Project on the South Island’s West Coast. Surveys of the tidal reaches of three waterway systems were completed as follows: a) the northern tributary stream of the Waimangaroa River from Collins Road to its confluence near the Waimangaroa river mouth. b) Jones Creek in the vicinity of Cains Road and Stony Creek in the vicinity of Manns Road. Stony Creek currently enters Jones Creek near the mouth of the latter with the confluence located in an active swale on the open beach. c) two prominent tributaries on the true right of the lower Whareatea River and sections of the mainstem near the confluence of each.