PROTECTION OF SEALS
CLOSE SEASON EXTENDED Au Order-in-Council gazetted last nigbt further extends tbe close season of three years for seals for a period of three years from November 27 next. The abundance of seals round the West Coast Sounds and on the islands south of New Zealand has led many southern fishermen to express the opinion that the sealing season should be opened again (says the “Otago Daily Times”). After every trip round the coast fishermen are able to report that seals are plentiful, while shepherds who recently returned from Campbell Island stated that the bays and headlands there were thick with them. A petition was sent to the Minister of Marine a year or two ago, but no move was made by the Government to declare an open season. The announcement that the protection of seals is extended for another three years settles the matter.
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Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 302, 21 September 1928, Page 10
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147PROTECTION OF SEALS Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 302, 21 September 1928, Page 10
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