 Pcj wrote:Interesting article how it began. But worthy note is the Firth of Thames. In 1870 Sanford moved his wife and young family to Pakatoa Island, believing he would be closer to the snapper fishing grounds. He built a fish curing plant there, planning to bring cured fish to Auckland on the Foam. However, the snapper in the Firth of Thames were of poor quality, so he and the family moved on to Rakino Island. Here he found plentiful supplies of snapper close by and he was soon smoking them for sale in Auckland – mooring his cutter to the steps of the old Queen Street wharf, and selling directly from it. Wonder what he meant poor quality? |
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