PISCICULTURAL ITEMS.

Waikato Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2211, 9 September 1886, Page 2

PISCICULTURAL ITEMS.

Thk hatching nlvmhi for trout being at li.nid, tin; secretary of the Hamilton Domain IJoaid ananjxed for a supply of ova for another }iais operations, and oil the Ist Septembei he received a small quantity from the Auckland Acclimatisation Society, described by Mr Cheuieman a*> eg^s fioin a beautiful h-h called the Vmencan black ■ spotted brook trout, beiiur n uch I'aidiei, and arriving at maturity mucli sooner thin the English species. Unfortunately this lot ha-^ not tin nod o'lt well, and a good many have failed on the hatching ttay^. ov\in^ no doubt to the hsli in the Auckland l>ond> being vi'iy youn^, and their spawn beinj; weakly, t igother with want ot more accommodation .md watei supply in that e-.tabh>hinont. Fiom \\hate\ei c.m>t», au^iiif,', the circumstance is much to bo reau'tted. Tt»« -ecmul batch, neatly 2&JO, .ac fiom llie same place, but purchased fiom Ot\£o, „nd those ?i\e promise of domsr well. Tliiouuh thejjitMt flood in the Waikato, tlu- \ t\ului£ fish in the bierdmi; float arc i f.tiin^ b idly, as thi'\ cannot bt^ <j ( «t at to be fed, and it i> i \pected they will leap into the iiv(>i out of the bo\, which is now submeiged at one end, in search of food.