Sports Fish Research Programmes

Latest published research

• Agricultural intensification, declining stream health and angler use: a case example from a brown trout stream in Southland, New Zealand - Cohen Stewart, Rasmus Gabrielsson, Karen Shearer and Robin Holmes (2019)
• Whakapapa & Whanganui River Angler Use Monitoring Study  - Daniel (2017)

Previous research

Trout & Salmon

• Hutt River trout fishery population changes - Jordan (2012)
• Otolith Microchemistry in trout - Gabrielsson, Seddon and Closs (2012)
• Effects of dairy farming on trout growth, Mohaka and Taharua Rivers - Shearer and Hayes (2011)
• Brown Trout Redd Hydraulics in three lowland streams - Taylor and Burden (2010)
• Didson report on salmon migration - Vivancos and Maxwell (2010)
• The influence of flow variation on juvenile brown trout - Hayes, Olsen and Hay (2010)
• Acoustic assessments of salmonids in South Island Lakes - Gauthier (2009)
• River fisheries attributes in Otago and Nelson Marlborough - Unwin (2009)

Angler

• Exploring the relationship between trout fishing and wellbeing: insights from Aotearoa New Zealand trout anglers C. Stewart, I. Bennett-Fakahau, S. Nada-Raja and K. Stewart (2023)
• National Angler Survey 2021/22 (Stoffels/Unwin 2022)
• National Angler Survey 2014-15 (Unwin 2016)
• River Environment Classification of angler survey data - Unwin (2012)
• National Angler Survey 2007-8 - Unwin (2009)
• National Angler Survey 2001-2 - Unwin (2003)
• Travel distance as an index of angling value - Unwin and Deans (2003)
• National Angler Survey 1994-6 - Unwin (1998)