FISH-TAG MYSTERY
(N.Z Fr«i* A«»ociati<m) - AUCKLAND. July 8Tags found on fish caught or washed ashofi on northern beaches an mystifying the Fisheries Research Division of tte Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries. An officer with the division (Mr G. James) said the tags found on different species of fish in Auckland and Northland were animal ear tag* similar to those used for earmarking sheep. There was nothing? Illegal about tagging fiw and releasing them. If the Ministry could discover who was doing the tagging. It could pass on reports about recovered fish.
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Press, Volume CXIV, Issue 33581, 9 July 1974, Page 2
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