INTERESTING EXPERIMENT.
An interesting experiment, the first of its kind ever attempted in New .Zealand, was carried, out by certain memlbers of the Canterbury Acclimatisation Society on Sunday, when fifty trout, caught for stripping purpases, were .liberated, having had previously attached to their bodies small silver tags bearing the letters, '"N.Z.," and numbers ranging (from one to- fifty. The object of the experiment, was to find out, when a •fish so marked was caught again, exactly how much it had gained in .weight, how often it had been to sea, .whether it missed coming back to the rivers each .season., the number of times it had .spawned, probable ■weight it had acquired since each visit to the .sea, and direction and extent of its migrations. Most of the information mentioned is revealed by .microscopical examination of tihe fish.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10230, 12 June 1911, Page 4
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138INTERESTING EXPERIMENT. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10230, 12 June 1911, Page 4
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