RUNS THE GAUNTLET
SALMON AT RIVER MOUTHS MARAUDING PORPOISES Big fish as he is, the quinnat salmon has to run the gauntlet at the mouths of New Zealand rivers. Kingfisli, swordfish, bonita and to an extent kahawai tackle the salmon, according to Mr. C. A. Whitney, president of* the Auckland Acclimatisatian Society. “Down at the mouth of the Rakaia In the South Island I saw many big fish taken, some of them over 301 b. in weight and every one of the big fellows had been gashed by porpoises,*’ said he at last evening’s jneeting of the society. “I watched one large black porpoise come right across the bar in an attempt to get a salmon and it was a great sight. They take a tremendous toll of the fish.” Mr. A. Dobson: In Timaru last week I saw seven big salmon in a shop window and every one of them was marked. Porpoises were blamed for it. The Chairman: Yes, sharks would be too slow. (The annual report of the society ■*ated that it was not introducing Atlantic salmon into the Waikato, above the Arapuni dam, in view of the Government programme to stock the fiver.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 19, 13 April 1927, Page 5
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