WHY FISH ARE DEAR.

Auckland Star, Volume XLV, Issue 127, 29 May 1914, Page 6

WHY FISH ARE DEAR.

I RECORD CATCH AT MANUKAU.

Frnquent complaints have been jnade i regarding tho fact that while the waters I around Auckland are teeming with fish | the price U) the consumer Is high. Two j fishermen, named Blackwcll and Clarke, ] lit't (Jn<".hunga at 5 a.m. yesterday to! fish at the Manukau bar. They returned j at 5.:50 p.m., after having made a reenrj ' catch for that harbour of 170 bundles of schnapper. Each bunciie consist? of five or six fish. It was somewhat of a disappointment to the successful fishers j to find they had diflieu'lty in disposing of tlmir catch. a.s the Auckland market ■was stated to be glutted. Under an agreement, the Onehunga fish merchants are not allowed to send fish to Auckland. The fishermen had preat trouble in getting rid of their big catch, and had to give away a large nunibrr. This means a. serious loss, as the wholesale price is | 3/ per bundle. The previous record catch j for Manukau was 157 bundles. An indication of the troubles of fishermeji is I that, qnite recently 75 bundles were re- I fused. The owner was offered f 1 for the ' lot for the freezrr, instead of receiving i between £7 and £8, the value of fri\s.h fish for the market.