Sports Fish & Game Bird Research
Latest published research
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Harvest Dynamics and Mallard Duck Survival - McDougall and Amundson (2017)
- A trend count of NZ Shoveler Duck - Matthew McDougall Senior Fish & Game Officer (2017)
Current research
Including:
- Mallard Research Update – Sheppard (2017)
- Insights into Duckling Survival & Female Mallard Brooding Behaviour - Garrick (2015)
Existing research
Game bird
- Mallard survival regulations effect - McDougall (2013)
- A trend count of NZ Shoveler Duck - McDougall (2012)
- Survival of post-fledging mallards - Klee and McDougall (2012)
- Mallard and grey duck pond preferences - McDougall et all (2011)
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
- 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)
Environment
- Farming and the Environment public perceptions survey (Horizons Research 2014)
- Factors affecting the growth and survival of didymo - Kilroy and Bothwell (2010)
Steel/lead shot research
- Summary report on incidence of ingested lead shot from six regions
- Lead-poisoned wildfowl in Spain: a significant threat for human consumers*
- Phasing out the use of lead shot for hunting in wetlands*
- Wild meat raises lead exposure*
- Ingested lead shot and elevated blood lead levels in mallard and grey
* Not Fish & Game research