have you seen "The New Zealand Whitebait Book" by McDowall - 210 pages of it
from 1984. I don't know if any further editions are available.
I can lend it to you sometime
Regards,
Bruce.
Bruce Hansen, A.N.G.F.A., Advancing Australian Aquatics.
Bruce Hansen, ANGFA, caring for our aquatic ecosystems.
Please visit us at http://www.ozemail.com.au/~fisher/angfa.htm
-----Original Message-----
From: Doug Collom <dcollom at powerup.com.au>
To: rainbowfish at pcug.org.au <rainbowfish at pcug.org.au>
Date: Tuesday, 2 February 1999 18:06
Subject: Re: [RML] Non-fatty fish for DIY recipes
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Adrian Tappin <atappin at ecn.net.au>
>To: rainbowfish at pcug.org.au <rainbowfish at pcug.org.au>
>Date: Tuesday, 2 February 1999 7:36
>Subject: Re: [RML] Non-fatty fish for DIY recipes
>
>
>>At 02:04 1/02/99 -0600,Stephen wrote:
>I use NZ whitebait, but this type of fish is said to contain >thiaminase.
>Thiaminase is an enzyme, which destroys vitamin B1 (Thiamine), >resulting
in
>a deficiency of that vitamin. That's why I add beef liver to my >mix.
>Whitebait are a member of the galaxies family, I think?
>
>
>Yes Mr T whitebait are galaxiids, but of quite a few species. They spawn in
>the sea, and the whitebait are gathered in handheld nets in the estuaries
as
>the young run into the rivers. Sometimes the catch is a mix of species, and
>at various times the catch is of different species which have spawned at
>different times.
>
>Doug
>
>