Fish & Recreation employees and volunteers have spent three days salvaging virtually 600 fish from Canterbury canals. It was a part of a scheme to rescue fish which have entered the Amuri Irrigation scheme at its consumption.
The scheme irrigates the Amuri Basin in North Canterbury taking water from the Waiau and Hurunui Rivers.
The workforce spent hours in freezing waters, combing canal methods on the Waiau River so all fish could possibly be recovered.
The fish have been principally trout, but in addition salmon and 60 native eels have been recovered. The fish ranged from small fingerlings a few yr previous to full-grown grownup fish.
“We’re very grateful to the volunteers for turning out within the chilly to offer us a hand,” says Fish & Recreation communications advisor Richard Cosgrove.
Fish & Recreation use an electrical fishing machine, beautiful the fish and drawing them out from beneath the rocks so employees can internet them.
They are saying the fish recuperate in seconds, and are positioned in an oxygenated holding tank and launched into the river system downstream.
The operation is a part of Amuri Irrigation’s useful resource consent to function the system, which stops water getting into the canals right now of the yr to allow them to perform upkeep on the scheme.
Farmers cease irrigating round this time of yr, so water ranges stay low for the rescue to staff to entry.
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