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 | | By far the most numerous among the whitebait are the young inanga, swimming upstream to grow into adulthood in rivers, lakes and swamps. |
 | | The whitebait nets take their toll, but it is the loss of native forest cover which has decimated koaro, shortjawed and banded kokopu. |
 | | While hydro dams largely bar the movement of eels, it is the seemingly inoffensive culverts and dams and fords of roadmakers, farmers and foresters that have spelt death to many small populations of native fish, with simple modifications these structures could be made surmountable and fish-friendly. |
| www.forestandbird.org.nz /publications/magazine/1996/may/whitebait.asp (865 words) |
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