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Releasing juvenile trout

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Releasing juvenile trout

After trout were introduced to New Zealand waters, their numbers sometimes became too great (with an impact on fish size) or too few. This man is releasing juvenile trout (‘fry’) into Lake Rotorua to build up stocks in the 1920s.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, John Dobrée Pascoe Collection (PAColl-0783)

Reference: 1/4-002059; F

by John Dobrée Pascoe

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Malcolm McKinnon, Volcanic Plateau region – The lure of trout, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/15163/releasing-juvenile-trout (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Malcolm McKinnon, published 2 March 2009, updated 1 May 2015.