INTRODUCTION OF AMERICAN SALMON.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume VII, Issue 413, 22 February 1877, Page 3

INTRODUCTION OF AMERICAN SALMON.

The enthusiastic disciple of Sir Isaak Walton, Mr. W. A. Young, has done much in connection with the introduction of fish into Otago on account of which he has deservedly earned and obtained, great credit, but his latest success attendant upon bringing the young fry of the American salmon from Waimate to Palmerston, eclipses his previous efforts. On Tuesdaylast Mr. Young awaited at Waimati the arrival of fry which where brought from Canterbury that morning, they having been presented by the Canterbury Acclimatisation Society, at the instance of Dr. Campbell. At Oamaru the fish were examined by Mr. Young, and it was thought that about ten were dead. On reaching Palmerston 194 proved to be alive, and eleven dead, shewing that 205 had been forwarded by the Canterbury Society. Mr. Young reached Palmerston at about midnight of the same day with his lfttle treasures, and placed about half of them in the Mill lead, where seven years ago, the trout that have since thrived so successfully, were liberated. The other half were put in a box with a view to a closer inspection being made on the following morning. When again visited the fish looked so well and appeared to be in such good spirits that, excepting ten, they were allowed to roam at large in their new home. The ten above alluded to will also be set at liberty as they gather strength sufficient to justify that course being taken. The fish having arrived at the Shag River on the Tuesday night, they were conveyed 210 miles in one day, a fact which reflects great credit on Mr. Young, andothergentlemen who may have had the care of them from Christchurch to Waimate. Mr. Young says he received the greatest kindness and assistance from all those who were in any way connected with the transmission of the salmon from place to place.—•' Palmerston Times.'