SOME NOBLE TROUT

Hokitika Guardian, 31 October 1932, Page 8

SOME NOBLE TROUT

GOOD FISIf.NG IN NEW ZEALAND. MERITED PRAISE FROM ENGLAND. ) •' -' ' , \ __ .'' ’’ The people of 'New Zealand who en- ; joy trout rish'ng do not always appreciate the kport and the quajity of the fish at i-heir real worth, but in England, where a thre e or four-pounder is a, real -prize ; sportsmen have a great admiration 'for the magnificent specimens taken in NewZeajand r.vers and lakes’. ; • mm- ' _ . _ . j • “The Salmon and ; Trout Magazine 1( foru.Septemher says.:—- | NNe-vv Zealand, eminent I nobility of itsps ,£i'OUt, .• is, ~alsp.., dis--1 tingui-hed by the activity and -energy i'of ittf!(acclimatisation societies. These j bodies, acting jointly through an asso- ' ciatiou of their own, have initiated an ‘ extensive inquiry into all that affects the well-being of their trout, tw 0 contributions to which have recently been published by-the .Marine Department.” I One of the -articles’. Was on the depreciation of trout fishing in Southland, . and conditions elsewhere in New Zealand, written' by Pi'ofe'-sor E. Percivai, I-professor of biology at Canterbury College ; and the other by Mr A. W’. I’arj rott, biologist to’ the Freshwater Research Committee,. on ; ’‘The Age and Growth of Trout in New Zealand/’ I Following a dTscussion on the deductions made in' the articles, the paper

proceeds:— “In mentioning anything which appears to b e debatable in Professor Percival’s paper, we trust that we have not given the impresrioii that it is not of the greatest interest and value.’ It adds further: “We shall look forwarc rwitb t’le greatest . interest to Mr Parrott’s ‘succeeding papers.”