ACCLIMATISATION SOCIETIES.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 7 September 1928, Page 5

ACCLIMATISATION SOCIETIES.

♦ WORK AT 'CONFERENCE. . - -■ _ ■ i (By Telegraph —Pre«#j Association.) WELLINGTON, Sept. G. The conference of acclimatisation societies of New Zealand was concluded to-day. - ... , A South (Canterbury remit to amena the Act to cover the confiscation of boats used in illegal fishing was carried. A remit was carried -that seme and set nets other than whitebait or landing nets be (eonupulsorily registered. It was also agreed that the question of regulations regarding whitebait n-sii-ino- be a matter 'for the local acclimatisation societies, subject to the approval of the Marine Department. “That ’the Marine Department be asked, to inquire into ‘the merits of liberating trout in reservoirs as an aid to 'ho purification of the water supply.' was made a resolution. Other remits carried were that no sawmill or flaxmill be erected on or near the bank of any stream containing trout without notification to the district society, and that, notification should also refer to the disposal of refuse; that the Fisheries Act be amended to provide a minimum fine of for The offence of obstructing any officer under the Act while in the execution of his duty. A motion to -hold further conferences of the New Zealand acclimatisation societies in a different centre each year, conferences to extend over Two days, was defeated. It was thought better to hold the conference in Wellington, as it enabled any deputation to see the Minister. - The conference 'decided against issuing part-season fishing license's on the grounds that if the sport was not worth £1 a season it was worth nothing at all. The part season fisherman came in at the peak and took the best, of the fish.