LIBERATION OF TROUT
KING COUNTRY STREAMS MANY THOUSAND FINGERLINGS [ Per Press Association.] TE KUITI, Feb. 3. A total of 20,000 fingerlings has been flared in the Awakino River, 10,000 n the Mangaokewa Stream, and 10,000 n the Marakopa Stream, during the :->t few days. In the past trout, fry rave been liberated annually in these dreams and as a result the fishing has >een considerably improved during the ■>ast few years, in spite of the heavier ishing. Observations have shown, however, hat (he fingerlings’ chances of survival are so much better than those >f fry that the extra trouble in rearing is well warranted. All the fish iberated have been rainbow trout, as ins been the case in previous years.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 29, 4 February 1939, Page 10
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120LIBERATION OF TROUT Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 29, 4 February 1939, Page 10
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