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THE FISH SHORTAGE. To The Editor. Sir, —If Professor Percival visits the Mossburn and Te Anau streams when the dry season sets in next summer he will have some interesting slides to show at some of his lectures. I have seen two holes in one stream full of small fish, enough to fill two five ton trucks. These were eaten up by thousands of seagulls and other sea birds as the water disappeared from them. These could easily be removed with a net and put into permanent water. There are hundreds of holes all over the country like this. The fish are bred there and stop there for years before they go to the main rivers. Another thing: there is not the feed there was years ago in the main rivers, whether they run fast or slow, and any young stuff liberated there emigrate to the small streams, and thousands perish when the drought comes. As Bismarck said, few of us can anticipate historical developments according to our own observations.—l am, etc., JAMES CHAMBERS.
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Southland Times, Issue 21094, 28 May 1930, Page 3
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175CORRESPONDENCE Southland Times, Issue 21094, 28 May 1930, Page 3
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