A PECULIAR SICKNESS.
AN AFFECTION OF FISH. FISHERMEN’S! THEORY. o<f .late; there has. been a falling off in the condition of fish, particularly the schnapper variety, brought, to Thames by Gulf fishing launches (sita.tes the Thames Star). The fish, generally, are uiidei’-size.d, and in very poor condition. This has caused depreciated catches, large- i numbers of fish being unfit for consumption or freezing. Fishermen ac'count for thfe by the absence of jelly fish /from the gulf, for the first time ~in many years. No. theory is offered for this, but it is supposed that the jelly fish have been forced to abandon theii - favourite hauntsi, and, dying off, have fallen to the sea floor, where'their decomposed remains have been e.aten by the schnapper, which is the mainstay of the fishing industry .as far as: Thames: is concerned.'* ' This, together with the recent rough weather, has. considerably affected the export of fish to inland towns. One company alone, which' regularly rails anything-, up to eight tohs of fish a week as far south as Wellington, has been unable to forward a consignment for over three weeks. —
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Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVII, Issue 4978, 24 May 1926, Page 3
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185A PECULIAR SICKNESS. Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVII, Issue 4978, 24 May 1926, Page 3
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