ACCLIMATISING SALMON.
4 "It is too early yet," says the Minister of Marine, reporting on salmon, "to say what will be the result of last year's im- j portation of Atlantic salmon-ova. It is," ho goes on to say, "recognised by pisciculturists that success cannot be assured by one year's importations, and that it is therefore advisable to go on importing until there js time to see that the fish become acclimatised. This was the course adopted in the case of the quinnat salmon, and the success of the department's action is undoubted, as the fish now go up the Waitaki river and its tributaries every year in large numbers to spawn. I recommend that another shipment of Atlantic salmon-ova be obtained from Great Britain next season." The Minister adds that it has been decided to stock the Hokitika river next season with quinnat salmon. A hatchery has been built on Duck creek, which runs into the river, to which the ova will be sent. Some fry will also be put into the Seaforth Mackenzie river, Dusky Sound.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXX, Issue 5, 6 July 1910, Page 7
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178ACCLIMATISING SALMON. Evening Post, Volume LXXX, Issue 5, 6 July 1910, Page 7
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