(Salmo salar). Salmon eggs were first imported in 1868, and until about 1911 many shipments of eggs from Great Britain, the Rhine, and North America were received. Although liberations were made in many river systems, they became established only in the Te Anau – Manapouri – Waiau River watershed.
Co-creator
Brian Turnbull Cunningham, B.SC., Senior Fishery Officer, Marine Department, Wellington.