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The Manawatu Herald. Saturday, March 16, 1912. NOTES AND COMMENTS.

On a number of occasions our attention has been directed to the tact that undersized flounders have been caught, and marketed locally, contrary to the Fisheries Act. We have warned fishermen against such illegality, and have previously pointed out the shortsightedness of such a practice. Apart from the tact that persons catching and marketing such fish, and persons purchasing the same are liable to substantial fines, an important industry is being crippled. It is well-known that flounders are getting scarce and' already the demand tor such fish throughout the Dominion is greater than the supply. As a result of catching the young fish, Take Ellesmere, which should have been a veritable gold mine to flounder fishers for years, has been practically depleted. What has happened at Lake Ellesmere will surely happen in other parts, unless the Fisheries Department take more drastic steps to protect the young fish, Mr F. L. Ayson, the chief inspector of fisheries, visited Foxton this week, and his discoveries will be ventilated in the S.M. Court. Mr Ayson desires to protect, and at the same time encourage, the fishing industry, and to impress upon fishermen the fact that by destroying the little fish they are, to use a mixed metaphor, killing the goose that lays the golden egg.

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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 1019, 16 March 1912, Page 2

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The Manawatu Herald. Saturday, March 16, 1912. NOTES AND COMMENTS. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 1019, 16 March 1912, Page 2

The Manawatu Herald. Saturday, March 16, 1912. NOTES AND COMMENTS. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 1019, 16 March 1912, Page 2

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