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Fishery Facts Multichoice - Easy

How well do you know the Taupo Fishery?

1. The two types of trout in the Taupo Fishery are rainbow trout and:
  a. black trout
  b. brown trout
  c. green trout
  d. yellow trout

2. The Taupo fishery brings approximately this much money to the region:
  a. $15 million
  b. $30 million
  c. $60 million
  d. $80 million

3. Rainbow trout make up about this percentage of all the trout in Taupo:
  a. 90%
  b. 70%
  c. 45%
  d. 10%

4. An average adult trout will weigh:
  a. 500 grams
  b. 1 kg
  c. 1.2 kg
  d. 1.6 kg

5. A rainbow trout will tend to search for its food:
  a. on land
  b. in the mud
  c. in the open water
  d. anywhere

6. Trout need freshwater that is:
  a. cool, clean and clear
  b. murky and warm
  c. loaded with sediment
  d. any type of water will do


7. In the Taupo region, there are this number of lakes that have trout living in them:
  a. 1
  b. 10
  c. 3
  d. 8


8. The largest lake in the Taupo region is called:
  a. Lake Taupo
  b. Lake Kuratau
  c. Lake Rotoiara
  d. Lake Mowhanga


9. The ash and hot rock from these could easily kill off large numbers of fish:
  a. rock concert
  b. volcanoes
  c. flood
  d. earthquake


10. Overharvest of trout means that:
  a. the trout are not breeding enough
  b. the water is causing young trout to die
  c. people are taking too many trout or too small of trout from the water
  d. poisons are stopping the trout from growing