QUINNAT SALMON.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18158, 2 August 1922, Page 9

QUINNAT SALMON.

establishment opposed.

AUCKLAND'S OBJECTION.

NOT ENDORSED IN OTAGO. [BX TELEGRAPH. —OWN CORRESPONDENT.] DUNEDIN, Tuesday. At a meeting of the council of the Otago Acclimatisation Society last night a copy of a lengthy letter that had been addressed to the Minister for Internal Affairs as to the acclimatisation of q-ainnat palmon was forwarded by the Auckland Society. The secretary of the Auckland Society, in a. covering 'fetter, e?:pressed the hope that the Otago Society would join in an attempt to stop the fish being reared or lib-rated in New Zoaland rivers and at the same time urge the Government to impo't more Atlantic salmon trva. Tho letter to the Minister strongly protested against quinnat salmon being acclimat sed~ in the Wancranui River and any other river in the Auckland Society's district for the following reasons : —All the fish died after spawning. The dead fish contaminated the water and created a stench and were a menace to the health of those livincr near the rivers. The fish were edib'e. but were considered t>oor eatint? if the flesh ""o-e pink. S u n p k urnn'd compare f»' orn v ly wV s tVre fish. TV fish was nnt a spo tinij fish. The letter to the Minister "-ontiimed that the Atlmtie salmon was quite a different fish and should be of the greatest, value in New Zenland rivers, and the Auckland Society unrod the Government to acclimatise these fish in the Wancanui and Waikato Rivers. The Government had ."-ready been asked to cive a £ for £ subsidy to import 1.000.0' X) Atlantic salmon ova for hatchinr and liberating in Lak» Tairoo- The Atlantic salmon did net d'"e aftor spawning and was the beat table fish that swam the seas. It was also the best spotting fish in the world and was most prolific. After on tho letter, the chairman sucsrested that- thov misrht write to the Auckland Society stating that the Otago Society sympathised with the Northern Society, but that, so far as the Otago Sccietv was concerned, it was too late to do anything in the matter in the Scoth.

A member remarked that quinnat were now eesfcihlished in New Zealand and the fish would newer bo got rid of. It wf.s decided to reply that the Otaeo Society had not received any adverse re>port concerning quinnat, and did not. therefore, feel inclined to take any action in the matter.