BIG GAME FISHES AND SHARKS OF NEW ZEALAND. By Arthur W. Parrott. Published by Hodder & Stoughton. London. Used Hardcover First Edition

Item Description: Hodder & Stoughton. London. 1958 1st edition.

B/w photographs, illustrations, glossary. Blue cloth in dust-wrapper with tape-edges. Strong spine. Ex-library book.

A concise guide to the game fish and sharks of NZ waters, includes habitat, life cycle and distribution. Has record catch tables and glossary.

This book, "a companion volume to Sea Angler's Fishes of New Zealand, gives a concise account of the larger game fishes and sharks that been recorded from New Zealand waters. Its main purposes are to supply information that will enable the average person who has no specialised knowledge of fishes to identify correctly our larger game fishes and sharks, and to give briefly some general information on their habits, life histories and distribution."

Includes some material on contemporary New Zealand big game fishing as well as records of notable catches.