FISHING IN THE GULF.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18206, 27 September 1922, Page 10

FISHING IN THE GULF.

PAST YEAR'S OPERATIONS. THE TRAWLING LIMITS. EXTENSION RECOMMENDED, [BI TKLEOIRAML—SPECIAL BErOBTEK-] WELLINGTON. Tuesday. A recommendation that the trawling limits inside the Hauraki Gulf Bhoudd be extended is made in the Marine Department's annual report by the inspector of fisheries operating in the locality, ihat part of the report .dealing with. Auckland states that according; to the inspectors report the total quantity and value of fish brought in to Auckland during the year was about the some as m Outeide the Hauraki Gulf all kinds of market fish have been plentiful, and wlien fine weather prevailed good catches were made by both the line men and the trawlers. . Inside the Gulf, the inspector sayu, fish, especially schnapper, are becoming scarcer every year, .and he recomtn*nclß that the trawling limits should be extended. , _. ~ , „ The ovster beds in the Gulf and Great Barrier aro looking very well. It is estimated that fully 3000 sacks can lie taken for tho market this season. Pish in the Kaipara Estuary have been fairly plentiful and the fishermen generally have had. a successful year. The mullet cannery at Ba,tley, which had been closed dowo for a, good, many years, recommenced operationei during the year. In comparison with 1981 there has been a considerable increase in the quantity and value of fish taken. Fish have been fairly plentiful at Thames throughout the year, but fishing operations have been interfered with by the enormous quantities of jellyfish which were in the Gulf during the summer months, and on that account the total quantity of fish taken was below that of the previous year. - LAND LAWS AMENDMENT. LEASES AND GRAZING RUNS. [BT TELEGKAP'».- T SPKCIAr, RErOftTEB-] WELLINGTQN. Tuesday. A Land Act Amendment Bill was introduced in the House of Representatives today. It contains a provision for including in existing leases small areas of adjoining lands of a like kind, provided that the acquisition shall not be in excess of the area specified in section 97 of the Act of 1906 or section 60 of the Act of 1912. One clause provides that areas of settlement land may be converted into ordinary Crown land or National Endowment land. Thiers is an extension of the provisions as to the acquisition of the fee simple of small grazing runs, notwithstanding that area specified in the present law may thereby be exceeded, if in any such case the Minister, on the recommendation of the board, determines that the area in excess of the specified area is unsuitable for a s«per»te holding. " Section 7 of the Bill maties provision for a revaluation of certain small grazing run leases. This section applies only to lease.* of small graying runs on Crown lands or of settlement land granted in renitfwa! of leases which had expired before the passing of the Act, 1921-22, but not earlier than February 28, 1920. In cases where the rent is reduced there is A proviwi for a revaluation within 5 years and an increase of rent if the valuation is increased. A lengthv clauso provides that purchasers, of Crown or settlement land may elect to accept the renewable lease under certain conditions* The owner of a pastoral lease may surrender the same and obtain a new lease in.exchange. There hi to be a restriction as to burning tussock on pastoral land. The consent in writing of the board is reouired.