Harbour teems with dogfish

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Otago Harbour is said to be at present teeming with dogfish, and as a result fishing, both by amateur and professional fisherman, is much handicapped. The large number of young dogfish, about a foot in length, is a feature of the unwelcome visitation. Of course dogfish visit the harbour every summer, but the unusually large number this season is regarded to be due to an appreciable extent to the warm, sunny weather of the past few weeks. The other night a fisherman’s catch consisted wholly of dogfish, ranging in size from 12 inches to 4 feet 6 inches in length. However, the light variable winds and pleasant sunshine of this season are so immeasurably more delightful than that of the gales and rain which dulled the past three or four summers, that shows of dogfish in the harbour are as nothing compared