Hakataramea Fish Hatchery.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 127, 23 March 1901, Page 3

Hakataramea Fish Hatchery.

The Hakataramea river, especially near the mouth, is teeming with trout. Bish of 31b and 4lb weight may he «een in shoals, but they are difficult to take. There are larger ones under the hanks, said to he plentiful, but also shy of the bait. The salmon, hatchery o‘ Hakataramea, so far, is proving a

g.v it success. There are many th u;sands of young fish, from three to sit inches long, in the boxes, being fed wit.h piste mid > from liver and milk. A few thousand have already been placed in a pond, and the others will also he placed in a pond asVney and th.- ponds are ready. Mr Dalgleisu. who is in charge, understands the work th u-ouglily, and is indefatigable in his } mi )-irs to successfully introduce Pacific .-.ilmon in these waters. Ho tends the (i ;h every few hours, Sunday and week days alike, and every rise and fall of the temp uvitnre in the water is witched with punctilious care. Both soring and river waters are lot into the races, the former to keep down the t.vo )y-iture, and 'die latter bee inse it contains natural food for the thriving youngsters. Tire people in the district take a lively interest in the proceedings, and every visitor to Knrow or Hakatarauiea townships is taken up to see the place. Mr Ayson, junior, who has h “:i liberating some young fish in the si.jailer streams of Bake Ohtiu, is now v. fill Mr Dalg’eisl), and the two hope

t i get tbo ponds anil races completed for the reception of the fish as they g-X too large for the boxes.- Morning Tost.