SOUTH CANTERBURY NOTES.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 20582, 4 December 1928, Page 5

SOUTH CANTERBURY NOTES.

Acclimatisation matters. At the meeting of the council of the South Canterbury Acclimatisation Society on Saturday afternoon in Temuka the proposal to establish an eyeing station at Lake Alexandrine was advanced another stage. The secretary (Mr B. Hughes) had been directed to gather as much information as possible and submit it to -the council. It was recognised that, millions . of ova were ■ annually wasted!:in the waters of the Mackenzie Country, and a small committee. was appointed to. go fully into the matter übt only;for the sake of stocking the rivers, but also from a commercial point of, view. So far the council is inclined to entertain a/proposal to establish ah eyeing station for 2,000,000 ova and to make provision fop the Itrgor needs of the same number of fry. - The yield r* the present hatchery , for the past few seasons has been just under 1,000,000, and these having .been liberated in the South Canterbury waters has resulted in an abundance Of fish.

A few days ago some men were fishing for flounders in Caroline Bay, and succeeded in: netting two good trout As it happened Mr L. B. James, a' member of the Acclimatisation goejety, ’ witnessed tL incident, and told, the men they were committing an illegal, act After argument the men alio- ed the trout to be confiscated. In considering the matter at the council meting it was decided to take no action in the matter, the act having been committed in ignorance. The fish were sent to the Timaru Hospital.