Ashburton Courier: August 06, 2020
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24 <strong>Ashburton</strong> <strong>Courier</strong>, <strong>August</strong> 6, <strong>2020</strong><br />
www.ashburtoncourier.co.nz<br />
Teams tested in<br />
science challenge<br />
Mid Canterbury studentshave<br />
combined elementsof<br />
engineering and science and<br />
havebeen testedatthe EPro8<br />
Challenge.<br />
Held in the <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
IntermediateSchool, teams<br />
from Years 5/6 and Year 7/8<br />
tackled challenges involving<br />
teamwork, practicalskills,<br />
logical thinkingand some<br />
mathematical calculations.<br />
On MondayYear5/6 teams<br />
chose to either crafttheir own<br />
miniarollercoaster, developa<br />
multifaceted crazyparty<br />
contraption, supermarket<br />
trolley racerorwork on a<br />
challenge featuring elements<br />
behind the legend of Maui<br />
capturing the sun.<br />
EPro8 Challengeevent<br />
manager KelvinThiele said<br />
teams hadchosenone<br />
challenge, workedagainst the<br />
clock and gained points as they<br />
completed stages of their<br />
project.<br />
The interschool competition<br />
wasdesigned to give students a<br />
funand rewarding<br />
introduction to science and<br />
engineering.<br />
Right: The Lauriston School<br />
team of Tom McCambridge,<br />
James Irwin, Toby Maw and<br />
Kaiah Brodie demonstrate their<br />
rollercoaster work in progress.<br />
Canal fishing ban in winter of 2021<br />
Jarrod Bedford releases a<br />
10.9kg rainbow trout caught at<br />
the upper Tekapo canal in June<br />
this year. Photo Rhys Adams<br />
MidCanterbury anglers who<br />
visit Tekapo will be banned<br />
from theupper half of the canal<br />
next winter,for thegood of the<br />
world famousfishery.<br />
TheCentralSouth Island<br />
Fish andGame Council will put<br />
aprecautionary closure on the<br />
canal fishery, upstreamofSH8,<br />
for three monthsfromJune1,<br />
2021. It followsanger concern<br />
over the sustainability of the<br />
trophy trout fishery.<br />
Council chair Dr Andrew<br />
Simpson said there had been a<br />
dramatic rise of anglers<br />
targeting therainbow trout<br />
spawning run in the Tekapo<br />
canal in wintertime overthe<br />
pastfourfishing seasons.<br />
‘‘The council has takena<br />
conservationminded approach<br />
towardanglers’ concern that<br />
there is too much pressureon<br />
the spawning population anda<br />
diminished fishing experience.<br />
‘‘The winter spawning season<br />
closure of the upper partofthe<br />
Tekapo canal will enable<br />
spawning to occur unaffected<br />
by fishingand allow thecouncil<br />
to continue to carryout<br />
researchinto the canal<br />
fishery’ssustainability andits<br />
value to anglers.’’<br />
Fish andGameofficerRhys<br />
Adams said the immense<br />
increase in popularity of<br />
fishing in the spawningmonths<br />
had required arethinkoflongheld<br />
canal management<br />
principles.<br />
He said it was previously<br />
thought thatspawning in the<br />
canal wasnot amajor<br />
contributortotroutpopulation<br />
but now.‘‘In the face of<br />
uncertaintyand increased<br />
angling usage,wecan’t rule out<br />
that spawning within the canal<br />
could now makeameaningful<br />
contribution to trout<br />
recruitment in the canal.’’<br />
The lower part of Tekapo<br />
canal andotherMackenzie<br />
canals are open yearround.<br />
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