DEPREDATIONS OF SHAGS.
MANY TROUT CONSUMED. RANGER'S INVESTIGATION. A pointed answer to tho question, -"Do shags eat trout?" is supplied in a report to the Waimato Acclimatisation Society by Constable Berry, of Glenavv, who is an honorary ranger and inspector of fisheries. Mr. Berry gives particulars of tho contents of 12 shags which were shot by himself and two sons during the last six weeks: — No. 1: One trout about l>>lb. and six smaller trout, fairly fresh. No. 2: Five small trout, about Bin. long and parts of other fish partly digested. No. 3: One red cod lOin. long; 110 other fish. No. 4: Nino small trout, all identifiable. No. 5: Four herrings. No. 6: One trout about and parts of other digested fish. No. 7: Three trout, small, and parts of other digested fish. No. 8: One large trout about 21b. and parts of other digested fish. No. 9: Ten small trout, fairly fresh, about Bin. long. No. 10: Nine small trout; five fresh and four partly digested; all identifiable. No. 11: One red cod and remains of partly digested herrings or salmon smelts. No. 12: Remains of partly digested fish; not identifiable.
There wero no signs of eels in any 0: tho shags.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20891, 5 June 1931, Page 13
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