Some time ago Captain Hayes, of the Marine Department, who has been engaged in research work in reference to whitebait, discovered on the banks of the Manawatu river the parent fish, the inanga, spawning on the low rush flat just at highwater mark, where there were millions of the eggs. He assumes that, after hatching, the little fish find their way to the ocean and return during the season, accounting for the fact that whitebait are seen entering over the bars of tidal rivers early in the season. He has discovered traces of serious damage to the spawming grounds by stock walking over them and killing many thousands, and he considers this may account for the diminution in supply some years.
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Southland Times, Issue 21198, 26 September 1930, Page 4
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