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Methods op Capture Of the total catch, 45,315 cwt. (13-66 per cent.) was landed from steam-trawlers, 69,953 cwt. (21-08 per cent.) from motor-trawlers, while motor-vessels (line and net fishing) accounted for 109,627 cwt. (33-04 per cent.) and row-boats 1,785 cwt. (0-54 per cent.).

The total quantity of wet fish caught by each of the common methods of fishing is shown below (the figures in parentheses represent the 1944 quantities and values) :

Landings at Ports Of the total quantity of wet fish, 37*00 per cent, was landed at Auckland, 9-51 per cent, at Wellington, 7-70 per cent, at Port Chalmers, and 5-79 per cent, at Napier. In the following statement the total weights and values are given for some of the main ports alongside those for the previous two years, 1944 and 1943-44 :

Auckland.—Of the total of 122,789 cwt. of wet fish, landed at Auckland, 97,608 cwt. was brought in by Danish-seine boats, of which 72,179 cwt. was snapper and 15,515 cwt. tarakihi. The steam-trawlers accounted for 19,553 cwt., made up mainly of snapper (8,063 cwt.), tarakihi (8,103 cwt.), and trevally (1,035 cwt.). Motor line-fishing boats landed 2,493 cwt., compared with 1,409 cwt. of the previous year, and the netting boats 3,092 cwt., compared with 2,303 cwt. for 1944.

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Method of Quantity. Value. Filling. Cvt. Percentage of Total. Percentage of Total. Trawl Danish-seine Long and hand lines Net and drag-nets 115,268 (75,216) 105,093 (116,222) 72,226 (69,495) 39,186 (47,304) 34.74 (24.40) 31.68 (37-70) 21-77 (22.55) 11-81 (15-35) 206,176 (153,541) 139,597 (152,615) 152,483 (147,558) 60,148 (69,240) 36-92 (29.36) 25-00 (29-18) 27-31 (28-22) 10-77 (13-24) Totals .. 331,773 (308,237) 558,404 (522,954)

Port. Quantity. Yalue. 1945. 1944. 1943-44. 1945. 1944. 1943-44. Cwt. Cwt. Cwt. £ £ £ Russell 4,194 2,350 1,736 5,093 3,199 1,785 Whangarei 1,766 4,104 3,858 2,264 4,262 4,046 Auckland .. .. v 122,789 111.078 103,882 156,979 138,872 129,904 Thames district 17,245 19,825 18,495 25,746 29,852 28,354 Tauranga and district 7,459 10,485 9,546 7,745 11,242 9,913 Gisborne 8,236 7,703 5,275 9,160 10,475 6,179 Napier 19,194 17,865 16,615 29,186 26,529 25,244 Wellington 31,554 14,019 14,775 63,445 33,548 36,054 Manukau Harbour 1,229 1,118 1.870 2,217 1,825 2,791 Picton 4,358 7,230 8,053 8,522 10,438 11,010 Lyttelton 11,430 16,221 14,050 26,764 42,527 34,755 Timaru 11,386 13,022 15,.898 33,106 37,759 42,960 Moeraki 2,017 1,658 1,717 5,551 4,728 3,845 Nuggets district 4,250 2,307 2,892 10,969 4,931 5,429 Port Chalmers .. 25,533 23,264 21,523 36,225 38,808 32,621 Waikawa 2,610 1,564 2,896 6,757 2,992 5,411 Bluff, with Stewart Island 13,649 12,163 12,416 32,802 27,860 22,748 Westport 738 814 1,434 2,103 2,013 2,990 Motueka 1,097 1,358 895 1,979 2,208 1,476 Nelson .. .. 6,372 5,541 3,833 13,603 13,635 10,208 French Pass 3,278 2,880 2,988 9,188 6,778 7,567 Chatham Islands 2,078 4.420 4,326 1,868 3,721 3,332