GOOD FISHING AHEAD

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 113, 3 August 1927, Page 16

GOOD FISHING AHEAD

LAKES AND RIVERS IMPROVING THE STOCK (THE SUN'S Parliamentary Reporter.) WELLINGTON, To-day. There is little need of fear for the future of the Taupo district as a fishing resort. This assurance is given by the Internal Affairs Department in its annual report, which says that, to enable the department to maintain and improve the fisheries periodical reports are being obtained from the department’s ranger relative to the waters of the district, and giving particulars regarding the fish therein, food supply, condition of the fish and other matters in connection therewith. Every effort will be made, not only to keep up the fisheries, but to improve them, and, in this connection, the department will consult from time to time with experts of the Marine Department. The report adds that of the ova collected 1,402,000 were disposed of in the eyed stage. The State Fisheries, Sydney, took 570,000 and the balance was distributed throughout the Dominion. A total of 150,000 ova and 250,000 fry were delivered to the Tourist Department for the purpose of restocking local waters of the thermal district. The Auckland Acclimatisation Society was supplied with 580,000 fry for liberation in that society’s waters. An effort also was made to supply a number of fry from ova collected at Taupo but, owing to the rough nature of the journey from Tokaanui to National Park, green ova were not strong enough successfully to withstand transport. The result was that only some 100,000 ova were reared as fry, and these were liberated in Lake Rotorua. In continuation of the policy of improving the fishing in the lake waters, a consignment of 250,000 Lake Hawea ova were reared to the fry stage and liberated in Lakes Taupo and Rotoiti.