Snapper |
Hoki |
kahawai ( Sea Trout) This fish has quite and oily flesh and is not eaten by most fishermen, but it does make a lovely fish pie. |
Kingfish |
Orange Roughy |
John Dory A deep water fish found mainly around rocks. |
Trevally Nice eating but mainly used for bait. |
Tuna |
Gurnard |
Squid |
Mussels These are green lipped mussels which are farmed for the home and export market. Blue mussels are smaller and can be found growing beyond the tidal mark on rocks. |
Tuatua The tuatua is a smaller version of a toheroa and grows up to 60mm in length. It is found on the ocean beach and is fished when the tide is out. |
Pipi The pipi is found in sheltered harbours and estuaries on sandbanks and like the tuatua is fished for when the tide is out. |
Cockles Cockles grow up to 30mm in length and can be found in harbours, estuary tidal flats and sheltered coastal sandbanks. |
Kokopu (Native Trout) The kokopu is a rare native trout. It is mostly nocturnal but can be seen basking in the sun during the day. It is the largest of the whitebait species. |
Brown Trout The brown trout grows to a large size and likes the deep water. |
Sealion This threatened sea lion once bred all around New Zealand but now mainly breeds on the subantarctic islands. Small colonies can still be seen in Otago in the South Island. The males grow to 400 kg and the females to 180kg. |
Hectors Dolphin The hectors Dolphin is the world's smallest dolphin and is only found in New Zealand waters. |
White Faced Petrel The smallest of the petrels that is mainly seen at sea around the South Island. |
Giant Petrel This bird is the largest of the petrels and is mainly seen on the Chatham Islands. |
Cape Pidgeon This bird is the most common petrel seen in and around the South Island. |
Mollyhawk This bird is seen on most beaches. |
Yellow Eyed Penguin This endangered bird prefers the coastal forest in Otago in the South Island. |
Little Blue Penguin This little bird is found in and around the north of the North Island and in the South Island. |
Albatross The albatross colonies in Otago are a great tourist attraction. |
Seagull Yes, one of the most common sea birds that can be seen anywhere in the world, but I felt that they had to be included in this page even though they are regarded as scavengers, they are a beautiful bird. |
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