FISHING FOR SALMON.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18334, 26 February 1923, Page 8

FISHING FOR SALMON.

RETURNS OF ALL CATCHES. The taking of quinnat salmon is prohibited from May 1 to September 30, inclusive, this being the close season for such fish. ' •?."'. Other regulations just gazetted provide that during the period from the date of this Order-in-Council until April 30 next, anglers licensed by any acclimatisation society within the Dominion to flsß Tor trout may fish for salmon and dispose by sale of any salmon so taken..- Sea fishermen duly licensed by the Marine Department under the provisions of section, 6 of the Fisheries Act, 1908, and . the regulations made thereunder, may fish for and take salmon from the sea outside a radius of 500 yards from the mouth or entrance of any river, and dispose of the same by shle. Such anglers and fishermen shall, on or before May 21 next, forward to the secretary, Marine Department, Wellington, a return, in such form as may be prescribed, of all salmon taken under the authority of these regulations. Any person committing a breach of these regulations shall be liable to a fine SOME NOTABLE CATCHES. A very fine quinnat salmon Was caught in the Waitaki River last week. The fish turned the scales at 251b., and was 40Jin. in length. In the sea : adjacent to the mouth of the Waitaki quinnat are now plentiful, and fishermen anticipate that the up-river run will start within the next fortnight. Quinnat salmon are now commencing to show up at • the Rangitata River. One day last week some beautiful quinnat were grassed there—fish weighing 17, 18, and up to 201b.