Quinnat Salmon Plentiful
The exceptional run of quinnat salmon of 401 b and over in -weight in the Canterbury rivers this year wa' commented on by Mr A. E. Hefford, chief inspector of fisheries. The fish this year, he said, were unusually free from the scars made by attacks of predacious fish. In some yearr many of the salmon showed thes< marks and they were ope of the mysteries of the sea. He was inclined to the view that the baracoutr was responsible. It was a very sar age fish and in tropical Atlant waters had been known to attac’ rswimmers. Mr Hefford said that la year there was an unusual run small salmon in the Canterbur rivers and the large ones so plenF ful this year indicated that th spawning season four or five yeago bad been more than usually prr
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Waipukurau Press, Volume XXVIII, Issue 121, 17 May 1932, Page 6
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