Trout farming
Sir, — Recently it was reported by the media that 6000 rainbow trout had been released in various parts of Canterbury by the North Canterbury Acclimatisation Society for the benefit of anglers. These trout were up to 12 inches long. Overseas they would have been considered of marketable size. Did the Anglers’ Action Group realise that these trout had been reared in conditions identical to commercial trout farming from fingerlings raised in an Acclimatisation Society hatchery? Surely these trout would not have been released if there had been any risk of disease spreading to “wild stock.” Incidentally neither rainbow nor brown traut are native. It has been shown that the technology is available to develop a local resource with export possibilities. In view Of our deteriorating economic situation it is time for the Government to reconsider its refusal to legalise trout farming as a means of diversifying our exports. —
Yours, etc, JOHN LAMMERINK. October 1, 1977. (This correspondence is now closed. — Editor).
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Press, 4 October 1977, Page 40
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