{ "culture": "en-NZ", "name": "", "guid": "", "catalogPath": "", "snippet": "Freshwater dependent threatened fauna in the BOP region", "description": "
The threatened species flora and fauna data is contained in 4 datasets:<\/SPAN><\/P> Biodiversity - Threatened Freshwater Dependent Flora<\/SPAN><\/P><\/LI> Biodiversity - Threatened Freshwater Fauna - Critical Habitat (NoFish)<\/SPAN><\/P><\/LI> Biodiversity - Threatened Lamprey - Distribution<\/SPAN><\/P><\/LI> Biodiversity - Threatened Shortjaw Kokopu - Distribution.<\/SPAN><\/P><\/LI><\/UL> These datasets identify 16 critical freshwater habitats for 13 freshwater dependent threatened flora species, 18 critical freshwater habitats for four freshwater dependent threatened fauna species (excluding fish and freshwater invertebrates), and two threatened fish species in the Bay of Plenty.<\/SPAN><\/P> Freshwater dependent threatened fauna<\/SPAN><\/P> Ahikā Consulting 2021 identified candidates for inclusion as freshwater dependent threatened fauna in the BOP region. These species were reviewed by BoPRC Senior Environmental Scientist Shay Dean and DOC Fauna Technical Advisor Rhys Burns, with four species included in the final list: Australasian bittern/matuku-hūrepo, blue duck/whio, grey duck/pārera and New Zealand dabchick/weweia. Otawa Hochstetter frog is included in this list in 2025 due to the elevation of its conservation status from \u201cAt Risk\u201d to \u201cThreatened - Nationally Critical\u201d. This layer includes only those sites considered most essential/important to species persistence in the region, it does not include all sites where the fauna species is known to occur.<\/SPAN><\/P> Some sites were previously identified in a 2016 project <\/SPAN>by Wildlands Consultant in 2016. <\/SPAN>In 2016, Bay of Plenty Regional Council commissioned Wildland Consultants to identify key populations/sites for threatened species (excluding fish and invertebrates) as part of the process of developing our Priority Biodiversity Sites. GIS co-ordinates (not polygons) for each site were presented in a spreadsheet with sites classified as A, B or C<\/SPAN>. These categories have been carried over to this dataset for most sites.<\/SPAN> <\/SPAN><\/P> Category A<\/SPAN><\/SPAN> - Management at these sites is essential for species persistence. These individual sites are unique in their value for achieving the persistence objective.<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/P> Category B<\/SPAN><\/SPAN> - Management at a selection of these sites is essential for species persistence, but each individual site is not unique in its value for achieving this objective and some sites could be interchangeable as long as a stated number/distribution are managed.<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/P> Category C<\/SPAN><\/SPAN> - These sites do not present the best option for management for the species persistence objective, but they are viable populations that could be picked up for management, e.g. if they coincided with management for other species. <\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/P> Ahikā Consulting Report 2021<\/SPAN><\/P> The 2021 Ahikā Consulting Report compiled a metadataset based on observation records, excluding fish and invertebrate species. This dataset was derived from 23 sources, including <\/SPAN>Auckland Museum collections, BOPRC EPT, BOPRC Key Biodiversity Flora Sites, BoPRC Marsh Bird, CHR Allan Herbarium, DoC databases, eBird, iNaturalist, MBIS Marine Fauna and Flora observations around New Zealand, MPI Protected species bycatch in New Zealand fisheries, National Vegetation Survey,<\/SPAN> <\/SPAN>NERMN, NIWA Invertebrate Type Collection, NIWA Freshwater Fish Database, and NZ Arthropod Collection<\/SPAN>. Permission for data usage was granted through Creative Commons or obtained from hosting organisations. While the dataset cannot be shared<\/SPAN> <\/SPAN>directly, it serves as a foundation for identifying water bodies that support threatened or rare freshwater-dependent species.<\/SPAN><\/P>