H.—ls.

Table showing the various Kinds of Fish caught and approximately the Total Quantities and Value of Fish landed at the different Fishing-ports for the Year ended 31st March, 1927.

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(Compiled from the figures given in the District Inspectors' reports for the year.) Name of Port. Principal Kinds of Fish caught. Quantity. Total Value. £ s. d. Mongonui .. Snapper, tarakihi, trevally, kingfish, rock-cod, gurnard, kaha- 100 cwt. 186 0 0 wai, flounder, hapuku Hokianga .. Snapper, mullet, kahawai, flounder .. .. .. No returns supplied Russell .. . ■ Crayfish, mullet, hapuku, snapper, flounder, kahawai, kingfish, 11,700 cwt. 8,970 0 0 maumau Whangarei .. Snapper, mullet, flounder, hapuku .. .. .. 2,600 cwt. 4,500 0 0 Kaipara .. Snapper, flounder, mullet, kahawai, trevally, gurnard .. 4,450 cwt. 9,350 0 0 Toheroa .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,328 cases 2,325 0 0 Auckland District Snapper, tarakihi, trevally, flounder, sole, gurnard, hapuku, 120,138 cwt. 125,556 0 0 john-dory, kingfish, moki, rock-cod, kahawai, butterfish, crayfish, barracouta, mullet, garfish, mussels Crayfish .. .. .. .. .. .. 2,000 cases 2,500 0 0 Mussels .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,000 sacks 350 0 0 Tauranga .. Snapper, hapuku, trevally, kahawai, rock-cod, garfish, moki, 3,500 cwt. 6,533 0 0 flounder, crayfish Whakatane .. Snapper, moki, flounder, mullet, kahawai, hapuku, gurnard, 2,080 cwt. 3,800 0 0 tarakihi, barracouta, shark, kingfish, butterfish, mackerel, eel, frost-fish, red cod, trevally, sole, warehou, herring, trumpeter, rock-cod Opotiki .. Snapper, hapuku, kingfish, flounder .. .. .. 260 cwt. 485 0 0 Gisborne .. Tarakihi, gurnard, snapper, flounder, sole, kahawai, hapuku, 3,705 cwt. 5,348 0 0 crayfish Napier .. .. Tarakihi, snapper, moki, kahawai, gurnard, trevally, hapuku, 23,400 cwt. 29,670 0 0 southern kingfish, barracouta, john-dory, flounder, sole, brill Crayfish .. .. .. .. .. .. 500 sacks 937 0 0 Whitebait .. .. .. .. .. .. 24 cwt. 337 0 0 Kawhia .. Mullet, flounder, snapper, hapuku .. .. .. 232 cwt. 297 0 0 New Plymouth .. Snapper, hapuku, kingfish, tarakihi, kahawai, cod, crayfish, 866 cwt. 1,325 0 0 gurnard Wanganui .. Blue-cod, hapuku, flounder, snapper .. .. .. 272 cwt. 381 0 0 Foxton .. .. Flounder, snapper, hapuku, kahawai, whitebait .. . . 600 cwt. 1,800 0 0 Wellington .. Tarakihi, gurnard, flounder, sole, snapper, ling, warehou, 54,182 cwt. 99,681 0 0 hapuku, moki, butterfish, blue cod, southern kingfish Eastbourne .. Groper, moki, snapper, hake .. .. .. .. 120 cwt. 224 0 0 Pioton .. .. Hapuku, moki, butterfish, garfish, crayfish, blue cod .. 6,107 cwt. 11.440 0 0 Blenheim .. Red cod, sole, flounder, ling, snapper, moki, hapuku, gurnard, 3,200 cwt. 6,000 0 0 tarakihi, mackerel, butterfish, crayfish, and whitebait Nelson .. .. Snapper, flounder, gurnard, bream, hapuku, cod, crayfish, i 2,525 cwt. 3,413 0 0 barracouta Westport .. Red cod, crayfish, flounder, groper, gurnard, hapuku, kahawai, 412 cwt. 1,511 0 0 ling, moki, snapper, sole, turbot, whitebait Greymouth .. Flounder, sole, cod, groper, snapper, whitebait, herring .. 40 cwt. 224 0 0 Whitebait .. .. .. .. .. .. Amount not 1,800 0 0 stated Hokitika .. Groper, snapper, flounder, herring, kahawai .. .. 214 cwt. 210 0 0 Whitebait .. .. .. .. .. .. 503 cwt. 4,672 0 0 Kaikoura .. Groper, ling, trumpeter, southern kingfish, butterfish, tarakihi, 3,571 cwt. 8,400 0 0 moki, crayfish Kaiapoi .. Whitebait, kahawai, flounder .. .. .. .. 320 cwt. 1,600 0 0 Akaroa .. .. Groper, ling, conger eel, flounder, sole, brill, blue and red cod, 1,100 cwt. 2,000 0 0 crayfish, barracouta, kingfish, kahawai, moki, butterfish, &c. Lyttelton .. Groper, barracouta, red cod, ling, flounder, sole, gurnard, brill 2,980 cwt. 5,560 0 0 Southbridge (Lake Flounder, herring .. .. .. .. .. 600 cwt. 1,750 0 0 Ellesmere) Timaru .. Flounder, sole, brill, groper, ling, red cod, gurnard, kingfish, 5,280 cwt. 14,884 0 0 barracouta Oamaru.. .. Groper, red cod, blue cod, moki, barracouta, ling .. .. 2,475 cwt. 3,126 0 0 Moeraki.. .. Groper, red cod, blue cod, moki, crayfish, barracouta, ling .. 4,303 cwt. 6,000 0 0 Otago District .. Groper, ling, red cod, barracouta, kingfish, blue cod, moki, 49,600 cwt. 52,080 0 0 trumpeter, tarakihi, trevally, mullet, garfish, kahawai, gurnard, kelpfish, sole, flounder, brill, skate Invercargill .. Blue and red cod, groper, moki, flounder, kingfish, mullet, 2,650 cwt. 5,300 0 0 ling, sole, crayfish, barracouta, whitebait Bluff .. .. Groper, blue cod, flounder .. .. .. .. 3,545 cwt. 6,617 0 0 Oysters .. .. .. ... .. .. 27,828 sacks 19,479 0 0 Stewart Island .. Blue cod, groper, trumpeter, moki .. .. .. 8,125 cwt. 10,484 0 0 Chatham Islands .. Blue cod, hapuku, trumpeter .. .. .. .. 1,283 cwt. 2,395 0 0 Totals .. .. .. .. | 331,390 cwt. 473,500 0 0 1...