“They have issued a five-point plan for managing rivers from source to estuary in an integrated and sustainable way.”

“When I arrived at the Waikare estuary, my whanau were exercising a traditional historical exercise of catching flounder.”

“More than 700 people rallied in Hobart on July 15 to save Ralphs Bay in the Derwent estuary from a huge canal and housing development.”

“Shellfish such as oysters, mussels, cockles, winkles, whelks and crabs were collected for food from the estuaries and sea-shores.”

“Although it counts as a sea fish, the lamprey goes up rivers to spawn and is indeed most often met in estuaries or the lower reaches of rivers.”

“Man-eating saltwater crocodiles lurk in nearby estuaries along with the deadly box jellyfish, the most poisonous creature on earth.”