Didymo News
Didymo has been detected in Queenstown Bay in Lake Wakatipu, Biosecurity New Zealand and the Queenstown Lakes District Council announced today.
Didymo has been detected in two more rivers at the top of the South Island, MAF Biosecurity New Zealand announced today.
The suspect sample from the Rangitikei River is not didymo, MAF Biosecurity New Zealand announced today.
Biosecurity New Zealand is awaiting results of a suspect didymo sample being collected from the Rangitikei River this morning.
With the fishing season due to start on Sunday (October 1), Biosecurity New Zealand is reminding fishermen and other recreational freshwater users of the importance of cleaning their equipment between waterways.
Biosecurity New Zealand’s latest 100 high-risk site didymo monitoring survey has been completed with five new detections – all of them in previously affected catchments or in rivers close by.
Biosecurity New Zealand has issued the North Otago Irrigation Company an exemption under the Biosecurity Act allowing it to use potentially affected water in its scheme, Biosecurity New Zealand Director Post-Clearance Peter Thomson said today.
A national didymo delimiting survey has been completed with no positive samples for the North Island, Biosecurity New Zealand Surveillance and Response manager David Hayes said today.
Didymo has been found in the Ahuriri River in Canterbury, Biosecurity New Zealand announced today.
Didymo has been confirmed in the Waitaki River, Biosecurity New Zealand announced today.