QUINNAT SALMON.

Waikato Times, Volume 100, Issue 16748, 15 March 1926, Page 8

QUINNAT SALMON.

SUCCESSFUL ACCLIMATISATION. GREAT POSSIBILITIES. Correspondent.) i WELLINGTON, Friday. In no p.tlicr country in the world Have ! qi.innal salmon been acclimatised. i Such is the claim of tin; Fisheries experts who have had this task in hand. , There can he no doubt of the success , uf the experiment. Years of hard i work and the systematic pursuit of ! mi ideal have made this state of things ' possible. Regardless of dilliculties the duel' Inspector of Fisheries, Mr L. V. ! Ayson, has been, working on the ac- ] climalisation of quinnat salmon, and ! the Canadian experts who recently I visited New Zealand expressed the I opinion Ilia! for richness in oil which makes lor quality in salmon canning, I Hie New Zealand salmon are equal to ; Ihe best on Hie Pacific coast and.they | slale thai under no other system save ; ll,at employed by .Mr Ayson could the , acclimatisation have been made. I Salmon were being 1 caught in fine ' sl\le at Ihe mouth of Ihe Rangilala I according to one enthusiast who returned to Hie city to-day. Some were | -'olb and the smallest was JOIh. Mr Ayson on his return from the Snuti'i to-day said that quinnat salmon were running freely in all. the rivers from Olulha to the Waiau in North Canterbury. The dirty high waters of Icle had not been encouraging to anglers, but since their improvement large numbers had been taken from the Rangitata, Hakaia and Waimakariri rivers. The fish were in splendid conililion and on the average much larger than last year's run. Some good catches had been made by Ihe netting parlies operating under license in the Waimakariri estuary. The strongest nels are required to hold the fish and even then some of Ihe biggest break through and are lost. The Atlantic salmon have been providing anglers with good sport in Lake Te Anau. visiting anglers being particularly lucky. The method of careful packing of ova is attributed by Mr Ayson to be the cause, of Ihe success of acclimatisation experiments. Also the systcm-

atic stocking of a suitable river. The Canadian experts were delighted with Hie salmon possibilities of New Zealand's rivers considering (hem magnificent spawning grounds. The American canneries had become more adept in grading salmon. The mosl. valuable aid to judging Ihn quality is the amount of oil in Ihe fish and according to the Canadian experts the New Zealand fish were particularly valuable in that I'cspect. The more oil, the more valuable as I'ood were salmon. Mr Ayson predicts thai. NewZealand can look forward lo producing canned salmon of the finest quality in the near future.