QUINNAT SALMON.
RUN IN THE HANGITATA. The "silver horde" of quinnat salmon, which finds its way into the Rangitata river to spawn in the early months of each year, has l)egun, and although the- run is not up to average standard, anglers consider themselves fortunate if they go home witly a basket. A number of catches ranging! from 121b t0.251b have been reported. ; Some - years ago there was talk of a canning industry, and the salmon were looked onj as the nucleus of an extensive commercial undertaking in the future. Anticipations, however, were, greater than, the and instead of improving the annual runs have been inclined to deteriorate, i It is reported that upwards of a dozen salmon' were-caught at the Opihi r mouth when it. open; and- prominI ent -anglers claim ihat this goes to , prove that the fish trap installed .by . fchq Acclimatisation Society's ranger was a necessary innovation jfco prevent -the salmon'interfering, with the trou.t on ■ upper spawning beds.- It is emphasised that the Opihi is ' full of i salmon smelts, from year, • i * *
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Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20181, 9 March 1931, Page 9
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