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Exotic Intruders
Brook char. Introduced to Canterbury from New York in 1877, the ova of this fish were hatched in Mr A.M. Johnson's private ponds at Opawa. Johnson and the Canterbury Society distributed many thousands of these fish around the South Island. A large number of releases were made in the River Avon, but few of these were ever seen again
Brook char. Introduced to Canterbury from New York in 1877, the ova of this fish were hatched in Mr A.M. Johnson's private ponds at Opawa. Johnson and the Canterbury Society distributed many thousands of these fish around the South Island. A large number of releases were made in the River Avon, but few of these were ever seen again.