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Sockeye salmon

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Sockeye salmon

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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Carl Walrond, Trout and salmon – Other salmonids, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/19622/sockeye-salmon (accessed 24 June 2026).

Story by Carl Walrond, published 1 March 2009.