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Table III.—Showing the Quantities of Different Kinds of Fish caught by the Different Methods of Fishing for the Year ended 31st December, 1945—continued

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Lines. Grand Total. Steam. Motor. Row-boat. Total. Cwt. £ Cwt. £ Cwt. £ Cwt. £ Cwt. £ Barraeouta 8,526 4,600 1 1 8,527 4,601 9,726 5,403 Blue cod 19,097 19 47,163 19,097 47,163 19,160 47,288 " Bonita " (Brama) 53 19 53 19 53 Brill 44 151 Butterfish (greenbone) 1,462 3,972 Conger-eel .. i31 i02 i31 i02 140 109 Elephant-fish 145 154 145 154 4,269 8,759 Flounders .. 16,070 51,648 Frost-fish 4 3 4 3 4 3 Garfish 148 297 Gurnard '377 452 1 1 '378 '453 20,354 21,683 Hake .. 778 2,148 778 2,148 1,349 3,762 Hapuku (groper) 20,518 59,098 ' '41 i24 20,559 59,222 21,672 62,446 Herring 150 428 150 428 373 684 John-dory 381 502 Kahawai 530 '500 "l7 ' 11 '547 '511 2,330 1,805 Kingfish 438 524 8 10 446 534 737 843 Ling 5,854 11,751 5,854 11,751 8,202 16,879 Mackerel 158 164 Maomao "lO ' 12 "lO ' 12 24 35 Moki 80 132 5 4 85 136 946 1,736 Mullet 3,517 4,015 Parori 5 3 5 3 854 607 Perch 42 40 42 40 43 41 Pioki 445 439 445 439 2,060 ' 2,309 Red cod 736 652 736 652 8,971 5,956 Sardine 1,458 1,025 Shark 394 393 394 393 1,335 1,328 Skate 46 32 46 32 78 54 Snapper 10,244 18,961 '252 460 10,496 19,421 109,009 147,685 Sole 17,990 52,671 Swordfish (marlin) '672 629 '672 '629 672 629 Tarakihi 683 . 902 9 ' 20 692 922 63,829 97,007 Trevally .. .. 95 111 95 111 6,725 5,107 Trumpeter 18 55 18 55 208 591 Warehou 306 597 Whiptail 4 3 4 3 69 84 Whiting 287 201 Mixed fiat fish 1,064 3,049 Mixed round fish and all flsh not sj >ecified 1,848 2 j 510 3 2 1 j 851 2^512 5,730 7,226 Totals 71,889 151,850 337 633 72,226 152,483 331,773 558,404