QUINNAT SALMON.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 20354, 10 March 1928, Page 12

QUINNAT SALMON.

PLENTIFUL IN THE SOUTH. WORKING NORTHWARD SLOWLY. (Special to Dails Times.) AUCKLAND, March 9. “ Although quinnat salmon are now plentiful iii South Island rivers, they are working northward at a very slow rate of progress,” said the Chief Inspector ot Fisheries (Mr A. E. Hefford) this morning. He added that the stocking of South Island rivers with quinnat had been a wonderful triumph of pisciculture. The quinmut were now running freely in certain rivers in the south, and splendid specimens hjid been caught. Mr Hefford said that quinnat had worked across Cook Strait from rivers stocked at the north end of the South Island. They had found their way into Wairarapa Lake and into several rivers in the Wellington province during the past three or four years. It had been a slow rate of progress, and it was still a matter of speculation how far north quinnat would establish themselves. , When the Waikato River was mentioned, Mr Hefford said it was not yet known whether it would be suitable for salmon. It was possible that the latitude was too far north and that the water had too high a temperature. However, investigations were being made by the Auckland Acclimatisation Society, and further information on the point at issue would be available later.