OWRUG - EiC - D A Olsen - Ecology (5 Feb 2021) [pdf, 5.1 MB]
...natural recruitment to the Clutha/Mata-Au catchment. 49. Contact Energy also contract a commercial eel fisher to catch and translocate adult eels to below Roxburgh Dam. In 2019, thirty-six migrant eels from Lake Wanaka and Lake Dunstan and another 101 eels above 4kg (the maximum commercial size) were caught and released below the Roxburgh Dam33. 50. Given the information presented in Paragraphs 42-45 above, I consider that the primary factor affecting the distribution and abundance...