A pair of mature sockeye salmon protect their redd (nest) in a tributary of the lower Ōhau River, South Canterbury. The species became established in Lake Ōhau, but never became sea-going. Some fish remain in the lake and its tributaries.
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Fish and Game New Zealand
Photograph by Graeme Hughes
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