QUINNAT SALMON
The acclimatisation.;, of the quinnat salmon in New Zealand, which was undertaken by the Government two or three years ago, is proceeding satisfactorily, the number of flsli showing a steady increase (states a southern -contemporary). Tlio Waitald was the, first river stocked with the quinnat salmon, and since then the fish, -have ..spread northward f along the coast" to ..the .Rangitote arid .Rakaia EiyQuite a number were' caught in tlie Rangitoto in , 1917, and the Chief-Inspector of Fisheries (Mr. L.' 1 , . Aysbn), who is at present;in Auckland, who gave the foregoing inforhiatibn,> states: •thati.it has been reported that two or. three of- the been caught this ■season, in ..tho v ,W.aitaki .arid ,Ra.Tigit.oto-Rivers. - : -So far/ '.however,' conditions liayo been unfavourable this season for fishing in the southern rivers, which all have been in a state of high flood for a considerable time; "In the 1917 season about 700 or 800 were netted, and about 1,550,000 eggs Were secured at the Hukataramea hatcheries.' These were distributed amongst the Clutha River in Otago, the AVairau River m Marlborough, and the Hokitika I River in Westland. It is proposed to I continuo the stocking of these rivers until it is found that the salmon has been successfully established there.' Mr. Ayeon stated that the question of stocking i such of the North Island'rivers.as may I ba suitable for the quinnat-salmon will be considered when tho opportunity occurs. He states that there is no doubt that the Wanganui River is an excellent I one the purpose, and that the RangiI tikei also may.,ba:suitable. He is not . prepared to say that the salmon could I not he 'Successfully .established in the i Waikato "River, although' it \% feared that |:Huka Palls would prove an obstacle to the fish in asceridyigto the upper waters in the vicinity, of the snow areas, such I waters being one. of the essentials of sucj! cessful' acclimatisation.
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 124, 19 February 1919, Page 3
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318QUINNAT SALMON Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 124, 19 February 1919, Page 3
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