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Spraying rotenone

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Spraying rotenone

Confined populations of coarse fish are eradicated by the Department of Conservation. These workers are spraying rotenone (a natural toxin) into a Nelson pond to kill pest fish species. A survey in the Nelson region in 2000 had revealed gambusia and koi carp in some farm ponds.

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Bob McDowall, Coarse fish – Introductions, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/15674/spraying-rotenone (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Bob McDowall, published 1 March 2009.