The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]
The Southland Fish Hatcheries
The Southland Fish Hatcheries
were established by the Government in the early seventies, and were taken over by the Southland Acclimatisation Society in 1883. The hatcheries occupy five acres of land, rich in natural springs. Wood and iron sheds, with properly constructed boxes for hatching and rearing the young fish, have been erected. Clear fresh water flows through these boxes,
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of which there are forty-two in all, and frequently half a million fry are hatched out in a season. The young fish, which are chiefly brown trout, are retained until they attain a suitable age, when they are liberated in the rivers of Southland. Outside the hatchery, there are three fine ponds, where stock fish are kept, and there is a five-roomed residence on the property.