FISHERMAN'S CATCH
TUNA IN FOVEAUX STRAIT [ Per Press Association. ] INVERCARGILL, May 12. While fishing in Foveaux Strait near Ruapuke Island to-day. Captain Roderigque, of Bluff, caught, a tuna four feet six inches long, on a line. It is believed to he the first tuna caught on a line in New Zealand. One was previously found washed ashore at Oreti Beach.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 74, Issue 111, 13 May 1931, Page 7
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