FISHING NET TROUBLE
ACTION AT NAPIER
A telegram\ fiwfi Napier -a,miouiieed that the Collector of Customs at Napier had seized the nets « : f ton of the tfau'tyjrs engaged i» the tishiiip industry there owing to i'hoiske of the mesh not ram.plviisg with the reuniations. Oil inquiry it was ascertained that the matter came Tinder the notice, of tlie Collector {Mr.'W. F. Dickey) rceijntiy. aitd % on Friday last, the nets of ten trawlers werfi inspected. toy an officer of tile De-paitnu.-m (Mr. A. Peterson),- and alt were.confiscated, The iiafiies of tlm ves•setls whoso nets were approiwi-ated under the law were; Result, Muriel, Sir William Wallace, Savaii, Paiiia, Ithaca,. E'ndon, Enerjry, Fairy, and tfoatrice. The Phanton's nets were also examined but were found to comply with thft regulations. As the BH.ddo.ti seizure tlieat-' i'liwl to entail hardship, the secretary of the Marino Department was cminmmicated with, and lie ordered tlte return of the nets pending a full report of the whole matter. It was stated that tliere was at tile present time n serious short' ago of trawlma. nets, trawl twine bein:? miobtttiiialfle in the Dominion just now.
The secretary of the Marino Deportment (Mr. froorjro AII port-} infonn'od a Dostr.vios reporter yesterday that the regulation .siae of the meshes o-mp.kyijd In -fishing off onr coasts are as follows: For flounder®, 4 inches; for mullet, 3J inches; for garfish, 1 inch: for herrings, 1} . inch ; other fish ' fgenerai), 2J inch. Nets used in depp-scii trawlers .ire rro-vl to he inches in the square, and 4 inches at- the bottom of the net where the fish congregate, Sfi\ Allport (jiats-d tha f - rmthinfi <rout<] be done uiilfl after t.ho fullest inquiries wore made. It was stated by the men concerned. that-the nets had shrunk since they Were made arid for that ■reason {.lie siz« of the i.ite'iji fcul been ?1 iminislii'd.
An authfiiitv on .states that "a twofold hardship would bo entailed by eonfiseatiniE tftr nets at the present time to the fact tlmt. fish ai'e exceptionally scarce in flawhn's Bay waters,
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2154, 21 May 1914, Page 5
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339FISHING NET TROUBLE Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2154, 21 May 1914, Page 5
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