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Mitigation and best practice options
Some simple steps to minimise the effects of wastewater on water quality and mahinga kai. -
Sediment and urbanisation
How does urbanisation increase sediments in waterways? -
Biological limitations
Identifying biological factors that may be limiting fish numbers requires sampling to ensure that key invertebrate prey species are not scarce and that pest fish, especially predators, are not abundant. -
Algae ID guides
A collection of ID guides to algae. Groups include major freshwater algal groups, diatoms and blue-green (cyanobacteria), red and green algae. -
SHMAK water quality – visual clarity
There are two methods to determine visual clarity in SHMAK; the clarity tube (or SHMAK tube) and the black disc method. -
Impacts of hydro
Impacts of hydro-electric activities on water quality and mahinga kai. -
Mitigation and best practice options
Some simple steps to minimise the effects of aquaculture activities on water quality and mahinga kai. -
Toitoi
One of the most common species of freshwater fish in Aotearoa is the common bully or toitoi. -
Water clarity
Water clarity or turbidity is the cloudiness or haziness in a fluid caused by individual small particles (suspended solids). -
Wood processing
Trees are grown and converted into a range of useful timber and paper products. -
Dry stock
Dry stock farming consists predominantly of pasture grazing beef cattle, sheep, and deer for meat, wool, and velvet production.
