FISHERMAN'S LIFE.
»■ ■ "NO BED OF ROSES-" "What we fishermen object to," said a Lyttelton resident a few days ago speak- .• I ing of the Christchurch fish supply, "is ;j that, our catches do not reach the publio : at a reasonable price, nor do we as a rule' ; receive fair value for our labours. A'; fisherman's life is anything but a bed of" roses. Ha has to rise early so as to get to the trawling grounds at about day--, break, and he seldom returns before dark. . Kis catch is sent up to town in the morn- '~ ing to be auctioned at such prices as it . will realise. Unfortunately the use of the ' freezer enables a few dealers to keep sufficient .supplies of fish in hand to main- A tain the prices at a continually low figure. The result is thai cartload alter cartload of good, fresh, wholesome fish has to be removed to the destructor owing to there being no demand for it. In this connection it often happens that a fisherman has to throw hack into the sea quantities of fish of certain species simply because there is no chance of disposing of it." ,
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16214, 27 April 1916, Page 8
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195FISHERMAN'S LIFE. New Zealand Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16214, 27 April 1916, Page 8
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