ACCLIMATISATION CONFERENCE

Hokitika Guardian, 7 September 1928, Page 1

ACCLIMATISATION CONFERENCE

(By Telegraph—Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON, Sept. 6. Tho Acclimatisation Societies Conference carried remits providing rangers should have the right to search parcels in transit in cases under the .Fisheries Act, similar to the [towers given under the Animals Protection and Game Act; that in all cases oi conviction for illegal taking of trout in addition to a line a further penalty of live shillings per fish being inflicted for those taken;'that the Government be requested to take steps to prohibit the importation', sale, or use of the double hook known as strokehaulers hook. It was decided to recommend the issue of part season fishing licenses be discontinued. WELLINGTON, Sept. 6. The Acclimatisation Conference adopted remits recommending:— 1 That tile Fisheries Act he amended to cover tho confiscation of boats used in the unlawful taking of fish. 2 That all owners and users of seine nets i>e registered. 3 That each society take up the matter of whitebait.

■ That no sawmill or flaxmill be erected on or near the bank of any stream containing trout without notification to the district society. 5 Thill such notification should also refer to tho disposal of refuse. (i That the Fisheries Act be amended la provide a minimum line of £lO for the olfen.ee of obstructing any officer under tile Act while in the execution of his duty. A S': .1 th Canterbury remit to amend the act ti cover the confiscation ot I :,' - , in illegal fishing was carried. A remit was carried that seine, and set nets.other than whitebait or landing nets, lie compulsorily registered. It was also agreed that the question of the regulations regarding whitebait fishing he a matter for the local Acilimntisatioii Societies, subject to the approval of the Marino Department.

A remit “that the Marine Department he asked to enquire into the merits of liberating trout in reservoirs as an aid to the purification of the water supply” was carried. A motion to hold further conferences of tho New Zealand Acclimatisation Societies in a dilTcront centre each year extending over two days was defeated. It was thought better to bold the ecu Terence in Wellington, as it enabled anv deputation to see the Minister.

The Conference decided against tho issuing of part-season fishing licenses, on the grounds that if the sport were not worth £1 a season, it was worth nothing at all, and also that the partseason fishermen came in at the peak am! t :ak the best-of the fish,