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Star (Christchurch), Issue 16818, 22 August 1922, Page 8

The Atlantic salmon has at last been definitely proved to be established in the Waiau River, states the “ South land Times,” and in many bf the streams flowing into and out of Lake Te Ana.ii. The chief ranger of the Southland Acclimatisation Society, Air C. J. Evans, has witnessed three runs oi the fish in the Waiau and Upukerova Rivers, the main runs having taken place during June, July and August. On his< last visit to town he brought in several thousand salmon ova which he had taken from fish caught in the traps, on the Upukerora. and he stated that he had seen large numbers of the fish, some of which were of large size, often exceeding 15 lb and 201 b weight. From the multitudes of the fish that he had seen and identified in the streams he was con vinced that the Atlantic salmon was now firmly acclipiatised in Southland. Air Evanp also reports that the Southlianrl rivers are literally alive with trout of several different varieties at the present time, and in consequence there is much joy amongst angling en-