THE FISHERIES.

Grey River Argus, 1 June 1914, Page 7

THE FISHERIES.

. PROFESSOR PRIN.pE AT THE ... :'}, BLUFiF;! THE MARKET FQRNEW ZEA- -.■:'.• LAND FISH. Professor Prince, {Who is compiling a Teportupon.^ the fisheries of the.-do-minion, met the fishermen and merchants Bluff and^discussed various matters |?.of .supply,^rahsport .and".demand. 1 The merchants^ made clear to the that^there was little or no demand for second-class fish suchas moki, "Jack Stewarts,' and so on, and hundreds of caseg were continu•ally taken from the freezer and. dumped owing, to there^ .b^eing,^.no demand. The people oft. New" 'wanted the better clas<r.-, fisib and the cost of productionj duty arid freight made it impossible to -find foreign : markets. Complaint wa.s v alfc<> made that the railway authorities r.harged heavy f reig-hts bui did not exercise reasonable expedition in getting- the fish to New Zealand centres. : The correspoiident of the " Lyttel- ;- ton Times" asked the Professor/ "Do you consider nationalisation coulcl be a success in ■':" New Zealand, making every, fiherman a State employee?" .. "I can'd answer that question/ 3 said the Professor. \ • . '"If nationalisation were given effect to would. . you sug-g-est payingfishermen wages or per cwt?" '■"I am sorry," said the Professor, "but I cannot -answer that either." ; "Do you consider," asked the re-, porter, "that New Zealand second-class fish could possibly compete with the Home article V "either in England or elsewhere \vhen the cost of production and canning is so much heavier (here?"., .' . '..V -• ■ .:;. : '; . '.■ •'' Professor Prince replied that what fishermen classed as second-class- here was really \first-clasF elsewhere. "Gan you find a market for it." "Yes, I think so. In Canada we ' had a fish known as the hake .which was throv\Ti back by the thousands because there y/as no demand for it It is now made up in attractive fashion as .boneless <foid>a£id there is a great demand all over Canada for it. F-rom Nova Scotia itfis right across to Vancouver, iig;ht .throughout Canada •and also finds, a market in England and the West'lndies, and actually in the United States, which is most extr.ar ordinary. It is packed appetisingly and I have even seen it in New Zealand of miles from Nova Scotia." - "Then you .; suggest that eo^port is possible?" "The experience of other countries shows that there are very few fish .for wh?ch a rri|Lrket cannot be found." "With Teference to oysters, what do you think of' our methods and storage?" Professor Prince replied that he had just inspected^ the oyster wharves and storage beds arid he was delig-hted with them. They w> ere' far ahead of anything of the ! icihd he had ever seen, and the merchants haoT"shown great .enterprise indeed. ■ c "^^^ra^gerirents\ were really fine arid the fish sheds very convenient iand compact with plenty' of deart r *"l thimk," he said, ' ' tha: the approach; "is too shallow .as sjh6iiji|^ go; ■.'." the sheds -dtHe^rwiseV" ."^ ' -' - ; '*'>.*■" -t ,■>■.■•.'■<•-. • j0?' v s -■" -■"■