ACCLIMATISATION SOCIETY.
At last night's meeting of the Auckland Acclimatisation Society a letter was read from the Minister of Internal Affairs, stating that he could not see his way to declare a close season for whitebait. His officers were of opinion that it was not the fishing but the trout in the rivers that accounted for the decrease. However, the position would be closely watched for the next three or four years. Asked for its opinion on the question of stocking the Marakopa River with quinnst salmon, the Society decided to advise azainst such a course, as the quinnat was neither a sporting fish nor delicate to the palate. The Society favoured the Atlantic salmon. It was decided to liberate black opossums, for trapping for the sake of their fur. at Tauraarunui and also on the Waitnkere Ranges. Mr. Ostler mentioned that about i twenty black opossums had been set free on I the Coromandel Peninsula some years ago. and their fur should by this time have become valuable.
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Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 115, 17 May 1922, Page 3
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