THE FISH SUPPLY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13456, 8 April 1907, Page 8

THE FISH SUPPLY.

IBY I'KI.KCI'. Vi'H. —I'KKSS ASSOCIATION".] Dunedin, Saturday. t)\ the Estimates last year appeared a vote lor £2000 for trawling experiments. Under thai authority the Minister for Marine hits arranged to clmrter for tlir»» months the Napier Trawling Company's N'ota Xiven. now on her way out to the colony, with a crew of 10 expeit Grimsby raw lets. The charter is to begin immediately mi the vessel's arrival next month. or for such aiowths . as may be determined as best suited to .any out experiment.*. Mr. Millar states that the idea is to take the vessel to places where no trawling has been don* hitherto, and it is Imped that the results will pioTe that Ksh is plentiful, and can he supplied to the public at cheap, rates. To ensure the experiment being thorough Mr. Arson, chief inspector of fisheries, will be placed in charge. The Nora Niven will pirobubly begin her operations atStewart Island, and go right up to the hams, and thence to Lyttelton in a direct line, so that all the fishing beds off the New Zealand coast will I*? "tested. The breadth of the water and the results of each haul will be noted, and the information thus obtained will, ill all likelihood, be embodied in a report.