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Article: Freshwater fish species under threat - scientist
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- The Nelson Mail
- Article date:
- August 14, 2009
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New Zealand streams and rivers are under strain and there might
be no more freshwater fish species left in 40 years, warns a
visiting expert.
Massey University freshwater fish ecologist Dr Mike Joy was in
Nelson on Wednesday to give a talk about what he says is a crisis
facing New Zealand rivers.
Dr Joy said there were "two completely different worlds" in New
Zealand's rivers.
"There's the one world that I read about in Ministry of
Environment and State of Environment reports telling me that
everything's good and I don't need to worry and it's all rosy. But
every time I go out to rivers I see (algal growth) as a result of
too much nutrient in the river," he said.
"I see more and more ...