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Significantly More Work Needed To Remedy Environment Woes – Fish & Game

Significantly More Work Needed To Remedy Environment Woes – Fish & Game
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Nitrates in Selwyn River up 50% in 22 months, Federation of Freshwater Anglers says

Nitrates in Selwyn River up 50% in 22 months, Federation of Freshwater Anglers says Conan Young © RNZ / Rebekah Parsons-King Canterbury Regional Council (ECan) is being accused of creating a monster that it can no longer control when it comes to degraded water quality in the region. That is according to Federation of Freshwater Anglers, which has been testing the Selwyn River and has found polluting nitrates have increased by up to 50 percent in the space of just 22 months. The federation s president and long time angler Peter Trolove had been monitoring the Selwyn with the help of a nitrate tester, bought with a grant from a pub charity.

Nitrates in Canterbury river up 50 per cent in 22 months, fishing group says

The Selwyn River, which people can no longer swim in, was once a top trout fishing destination. If you go back before World War Two, it was considered one of the top half dozen trout fisheries in the dominion. And they had fish counts of over 200,000 trout going up the river, and it s fallen to, well, I don t know if they find any now, Trolove said. JOHN KIRK-ANDERSON/STUFF The Selwyn River, pictured in 2019, was once a top trout fishing destination. The blame lay fair and square with the regional council and its decision to allow intensive dairy farming around the Selwyn and across the plains, he said.

Monitoring of region s swim spots keeps public informed over summer - Horizons

Wednesday, 23 December, 2020 - 10:19 Horizons Regional Council’s summer swim spot monitoring programme is underway to help inform the public about potential health risks and highlight over 80 recreational sites in the ManawatÅ«-Whanganui Region. The annual monitoring programme runs from November to the end of April and tests bacteria levels for freshwater rivers and lakes, and coastal beaches. Some freshwater sites are also regularly monitored for potentially toxic algae. Horizons natural resources and partnerships group manager Dr Jon Roygard says alongside New Zealand’s 15 other regional and unitary councils, Horizons collects, analyses and reports on swim spot monitoring over summer through the Can I Swim Here? module on the Land, Air, Water Aotearoa (LAWA) website to help the public decide when and where they can swim over summer.

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