STATE OYSTER INDUSTRY.
PHBSS ASSOCIATION. AUCKLAND. July SI. The Auckland oyster season closes today, and there will bo no more picking on the northern oyster beds till May next. The season has been closed much earlier this year than is usual the Marine Department officials considering that the beds have been sufficiently depleted by the pickings to date. Mr Ayson, Chief Inspector of Fisheries, who is at present in Auckland, explains that the action of the department in closing the season thus early was necessary in pursuance of the; policy decided upon two or three years ago. Before the oyster beds were under .State control indiscriminate and careless picking almost brought about ruination of the industry. The northern oyster beds are now being nursed oack to a healthy and productive condition, and when that object is attained the department will be able to cope with 'the demand from every pari, of the Dominion throughout the whole season
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 7867, 1 August 1911, Page 5
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