Microchip tags used to study elusive shortjaw kōkopu fish

Friday 4 July 2025 · 2 outlets · 2 reports · updated Fri 4 Jul 2025, 10:45am

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A Department of Conservation ranger has inserted microchip tags into 41 shortjaw kōkopu in a Kaniere River tributary. This research aims to uncover details about the life cycles of the nationally vulnerable native fish.

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First reported by The Press, Fri 4 Jul 2025, 5:00am · 2 reports from 2 outlets over 6 hours

The PressFri 4 Jul 2025, 5:00am

Ranger's pioneering use of tiny tags could reveal secret sex life of mysterious fish (opens in new tab)
StuffFri 4 Jul 2025, 10:45am

How tiny tags and ‘Brad Pitt’ could uncover sex secrets of elusive native fish (opens in new tab)