THE OYSTER INDUSTRY.
CONDITIONS AT AUCKLAND. AUCKLAND, May 17. The prospects for the coming oyster season which opens early in June, on a date yet to be fixed, are distinctly promising, and there is every indication that there will be ample supplies of rock oysters for the Auckland market. The condition of the beds in tile waters fringing the Auckland isthmus was explained yesterday by Mr L. F. Ayson, Chief Inspector of Fisheries. He stated that generally the beds were in good condition and the department expected to pick more this season than was the case last year. Although for various causes a yearly shrinkage was taking place in the extent of tho natural beds the oyster deposits along the Coromandel coast of the Hauraki Gulf were steadily improving and it was estimated that more would be taken this year than for the past 20 years. In addition to this there was a corresponding improvement in the quality.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3662, 20 May 1924, Page 29
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