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New Zealand fishes resemble those which are found on the coast between Madeira and the Bay of Biscay more than those which are caught about the north of Scotland. If we contrast the - Page 11
current thus indicated, which probably exercises a good effect on the quality of the fish, besides limiting the range of a few species, appears to extend its influence up the east coast as far as Cook Strait, but on the west side of the Islands the average winter temperature of the sea - Page 9
mullet, and gurnard are only met with in the north, the trumpeter, butterfish, and red-cod are confined to the south. But, with the exception of the patiki - Page 11
it is only within the last ten years that they have been - Page 40
north on the east coast. In the extreme south the summer temperature does not, however, rise to a corresponding extent; but, on the whole, there is evidence that the warm equatorial current which is known to skirt the east coast of Australia, and has been - Page 9
and the red-cod, none of these are representatives of fishes that are common even in the south of Britain, while from the more northern seas, - Page 11
Bay of Plenty, there are further evidences of a current from the north to be found in the abundance of the flying-fish, the occasional visits of the true nautilus, and also of the argonaut, or paper-nautilus. Gigantic pods of a leguminous plant that grows - Page 10
only for an hour or two in the middle of the day, during - Page 17
the rod of the fisherman never cast a shadow on their waters; every one of these mighty rivers, every one of the thousand creeks and streams that flow into them, - Page 2
the Fijis are also frequently cast up in the same way that West Indian seeds are thrown on the coast of Scotland by the Gulf Stream. This current, - Page 10
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| Kurow - Page 62 The Upper Waitaki can be fished either from Kurow or lower down at Duntroon. Here there are two hotels, but leave can be obtained to camp, if desired, ... |
| Otautau - Page 83 Twelve miles up the river from Otautau there is a hotel, at Wrey's Bush; but to reach it one must drive from Otautau, where good conveyances can be ... |
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| Pleasant Point - Page 55 From Pleasant Point to Temuka, a distance of about ten miles, the river is practically all fishable, and anglers upon its banks speak highly of the ... |
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