TROUT FISHING.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 136, 10 June 1932, Page 5

TROUT FISHING.

LATER SEASON PROPOSED. BENEFICIAL TO SPORT. ACCLIMATISATION SOCIETY'S WORK. i The council of the Auckland Acclimatisation Society last evening decided to increase the limit size of trout from lOin to 12in. It was decided to close tin , tvauncraiiga, Omahine, and Raparapa streams during the ensuing season. The Cambridge Society forwarded a suggestion that the season should be sot back a month, so that it should run from November 1 to May 31, instead of October 1 to April :iO. Mr. H. C. Savage said the proposed change would not only make the season correspond with that in the thermal districts, but would enable sportsmen to combine fishing and shooting dining May. Mr. T. Withers said the proposal would give fish a greater chance to recover from spawning, and to attain fishable size, but a decrease in revenue probably would result. On the proposal of Dr. T. W. Johnson it was decided to obtain the opinion of all sub-societies, and to send them a circular letter pointing out the advantages of a later season. It was also decided to obtain the opinion of the sub-societies on trolling in the Waikato River. The Cambridge Society had suggested that trolling be ' prohibited between Horahora and Arapuni, and the Putaruru Club recommended that no trolling be permitted except for a mile up from the dam. It was decided to request the practical co-operation of the New Zealand Bird Protection Society in the destruction of vermin, notably stoate and weasels. It was mentioned that a satisfactory number of claims for bonuses for the destruction of hawks was still coming in, despite the reduction of the bonus. During April and May 7209 hawks had been destroyed, and the total amount paid out for Vermin destruction for the past two months I was £40C.

Mr. C. Savage said the time had come when the society must seiiouslv con•sider the question of reducing the amount spent on vermin destruction. The- society's income had fallen, and expenditure at the present rate was making serious inroads on their resources. The congratulations of the society were extended to the president, Mr. F, E. McKenzie, on his election as president of the Zoological Society. Returning thanks, Mr. McKenzie said he regarded his appointment as an honour to the Acclimatisation Society rather than a| a personal one. "It has always been my aim to make this society not one for the mere preservation of game, but one for the preservation of the unique wild life of New Zealand," he added, amid applause.