CANNED EELS
MARKET IN EUROPE SOUTHLAND SUGGESTION INVERCARGILL, Oct. 16. A proposal to export eels caught in Southland rivers to England and the Continent was made by Mr. E. H. Ball at a meeting of the council of the Southland Acclimatisation Society. Mr. Ball said there was a splendid market in England and Germany for a certain type of eel from a half-pound weight up to a pound and a half. “Small eels realise up to lOd a lb. and can be sent Home for 4d a lb.” said Mr. Ball. “I would like to have a hundred weight of eels sent to Bluff to be canned. If the society is not interested in them a private company would be. There is a keen demand for canned eels as well.” “If you can get a commercial man interested we will do our part in providing eels,” said the chairman. The discussion arose from the council’s inquiries into means of eradicating eels from Southland rivers.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 248, 19 October 1937, Page 9
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