The catch distribution of adfluvial rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss (Walbaum), amongst anglers is described from 14 868 creel surveys collected from the Tongariro River in central North Island of New Zealand between 1985 and 2013. An index of fish abundance was obtained during the period 1998–2013 from a continuous trapping programme on the Waipa Stream, an important spawning tributary of the Tongariro River. Using these tw...

The management of recreational fisheries benefits from good collaboration between scientists, managers and recreational fishers. However, the level of collaboration largely depends on the levels of effective communication among the different stakeholders. This paper presents the views of scientists, managers and fishers concerning the quality of communication in eleven case studies of recreational fisheries. Case studies were...

The post‐spawning movements and distribution of 15 brown trout ( Salmo trutta Linnaeus 1758) and 21 rainbow trout ( Oncorhynchus mykiss Richardson, 1836) were monitored weekly between August 1996 and March 1997 in the hydro‐electric reservoir, Lake Otamangakau, New Zealand, using radio‐telemetry. The most frequently used areas were the vicinity of the main inflow and the channel running through the main body of the lake. After...

The movements of 74 rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) were monitored every 2–3 days using radio‐telemetry during the spawning migration up the Tongariro River, New Zealand, between June and November 1995. Contrary to the views of anglers, movements of individual fish were highly variable and upstream movement could not be predicted from environmental conditions and fish related variables (length, sex, and reproductive status...