More links and websites
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Best fish guide
The Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society of New Zealand ranks fish according to how well their fisheries are managed.
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Find a fish
This Australian Museum site provides a search for fish species, many of which occur in New Zealand waters.
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Search FishBase
A database with nearly 30,000 fish species.
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Species info
A recreational angler’s guide to fish species in New Zealand waters, from NZ Fishing News.
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Ministry for Primary Industries
The Ministry for Primary Industries manages fishing policy and practice in New Zealand. This page details important policies, regulations, and rules that will help you fish in a sustainable manner in New Zealand.
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Tropical and subtropical fishes from northern New Zealand
This is an abstract of a paper, ‘New and rare tropical and subtropical fishes from northern New Zealand’ by Malcolm P. Francis and others. It discusses sightings of rare fish in the late 1990s.
More suggestions and sources
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Doak, Wade. Fishes of the New Zealand region. Auckland: Hodder & Stoughton, 1984.
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Doak, Wade. A photographic guide to sea fishes of New Zealand. Auckland: New Holland Publishers, 2003.
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Francis, Malcolm. Coastal fishes of New Zealand: an identification guide. 3rd ed. Auckland: Reed, 2001.
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Paul, Larry. New Zealand fishes: identification, natural history and fisheries. Auckland: Reed, 2000.
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Paul, Larry, and John Moreland. Handbook of New Zealand marine fishes. Auckland: Reed, 1993.
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Paulin, Chris, and others. New Zealand fish: a complete guide. Wellington: Te Papa Press, 2001.