New Caledonia’S Fish

IN the matter of illegal fishing with Hvnnmitp New Caledonians have inno dynamite, inew oaieaomans nave long been among the worst offenders in the South Pacific, such fishing often taking place in full view of Noumea beaches and of Amedee lighthouse.

Thp odmiriistratinn is nnw taking cf-pns . to protect fishing in the island s rivers against such methods, as well as by the use of poison and artificial barrages. It is to be hoped their methods will be

efficacious, as a conservation scheme is long overdue. - If Colony was energetic enough to and release trout fry in some of lts delightful mountain streams well away from populated areas as is now being done in New Guinea, the result would probably be gratifying, provided the sporting sense of the French popula tlon could be Sufficiently aroused. If trout can live and grow in the sluggish and often ill-supplied creeks of Western Australia, surely they stand a good chance in the clear streams of New Caledonia.—P.