N.Z. FISHERIES

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2186, 26 June 1914, Page 4

N.Z. FISHERIES

PEOILSSOR PEINU >3 I>IPOJU«.

(By Teicgrasn'i.-ftrciS'AE.soeiatloii.) ' A-ueklarji-V hmc 24 '■■ Two reports ttpoa tlie fisheries of New ' Zealand will bo fntiiisted to the Minister of Mariaoby P|olossor K. %'■ Prince, Canadian: Commissioner of Fisheries, before he- reteuVs to Canada, ■: and the preliminary import containing. ,Ins recommendations tor tho improve-.; ment and development <?? tile existing' resources-will bo folia-Wed by % campteto. report upon tho Mies.of N<?w* Zealand waters. Discussing tljo inaUer to-night, Professor .Printe said ho- expected to' complete his 'first; report within -.ahont two weeks. StcbsetjMflntJy fce. will draw : up a report containing extracts of tire i evidence and information gathered <hw- 1 ing his various sea crftiso's aiid.'.jriiajid j travels upon wl-iteh iris i-ccMimoadatkißS j will be based. Tlie final foport will b-o-j of a very full and detailed Mature, and will deal with the gfoat fobory ques"'. tions of tho Dowlniaii more completely than has been attemptet' in a-liy prwi'! ous publication, A great doai of i.nfor-! mation embodied in it wMI, Professor' Prince considers, lift found of pej'taa.noiit interest and value. The work'will prob-. ably be illustrated wish jsJaotojiropliß -of fishing.operations, and piatos.flf variouskinds of fishes which .were scoured by the experimental trawling o-f the Hine-' moa and from the lakes -and titers A. lengthy programme still it-maiiis before, the Canadian Commissioner. 'IVi-moT'-row ho will meet; representatives of t-l-l.e fishing industry in Auckland, leaving in the evening for ToUraaga. Coaferencoß i will also be liAl with representatives of the Acclimatisation Society ftf Ai'tekl.ind and the ftoi-tliMn dietriots. . The tou,r of the North }stand wilt be coinpleted by visits to Napwr mA Wanganui. mid Profosswi 1 Prince wilt then p> to Nelson and P'ietoil to mei?t the Acclimatisation Societies of those districts, and the merchants and fishermen mw-r----ating in Cook 'Strait awl Tasmail Hay.Professor Prince wilt Uieft rctoni to Wellington to prepare his reports.