General Impact
Rudd maybe a potential pest in some areas, due to their consumption of aquatic plants. Experiments in New Zealand have suggested that rudd may be putting vulnerable native aquatic plant communities at risk (Lake et al., 2002).In New Zealand the introduction of rudd to a small put-and-take trout fishery ruined the fishery because they stunted and outcompeted trout for anglers lures (Rowe & Champion, 1994).
Location Specific Impacts:New Zealand 
Modification of natural benthic communities: Rudd are thought to pose a threat to vulnerable native aquatic plant communities (FishBase, 2004).
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