FISH AT ROTORUA.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2095, 22 January 1908, Page 2

FISH AT ROTORUA.

A BOUNDLESS SUPPLY. (Special to Timet). ROTORUA, Jan. 21. Writing about fishing at Rotorua, a Wellington resident who is spending a holiday in the Hot Lakes district, says:—“lt would break your heart to see. the waste of fish which is permitted to take place here. The people dn Rotorua soon tire of trout, and it is difficult for anglers to get rid of their bags. In fact things have got to such a pass that it is hard to say who is the more generous, he who gives or lie who receives. I was on tile pier one day and saw a launchman endeavoring to make use of some splendid specimens of fish. One person after another refused them, until finally he threw the pick of his party’s catch on- the wharf and headed off for the open, saying, “It’s a d shame to see good fish like that going to waste.” “The private sale of trout- is, I suppose you know, prohibited. That might- be all very well, but it seems to mo that the Tourist Department should establish a depot, where people could leave their surplus fish. It might then be frozen—for there is a refrigerating chamber in Rotorua—and exported by the Department, either for sale or for use in hospitals, etc.”