H—ls

Table VI. —Showing Quantities of the Main Species of Fish landed at the Chief Fishing Ports in each Month of the Year ended 31st December, 1945

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— January. February. March. April. May. June. July. £ Op «s September. October. November. December. Total. Auckland Cwt. Cwt. Cwt. Cwt. Cwt. Cwt. ■ .Cwt. Cwt. Cwt. Cwt. Cwt. Cwt. Cwt. Flounder 269 29 25 26 21 97 139 135 164 556 485 101 2,047" Gurnard 381 298 337 248 397 512 401 386 623 831 554 602 5,570 Snapper 4,247 4,876 6,379 6,313 7,208 8,591 9,024 6,375 7,191 7,684 6,703 7,115 81,706 Tarakihi 2,221 1,487 1,744 753 280 462 2,535 3,065 3,520 2,591 3,592 2,715 24,965 Trevally 158 413 238 381 185 377 304 179 275 257 282 248 3,297 Thames Flounder 1,306 962 462 578 119 55 14 44 68 236 193 209 4,246 Gurnard 40 34 86 119 114 138 i 127 170 , 93 79 143 28 1,171 Snapper 273 663 1.659 1,339 329 545 778 943 1,707 1,305 755 117 10,413 Trevally 2 6 17 21 21 18 I 21 52 62 61 §70 15 666Tauranga Kahawai 63 22 120 86 113 30 i 3 28 229 152 224 1,070 Snapper 268 423 397 309 124 52 io3 94 152 229 212 150 2,513 Tarakihi 2 4 283 2 64 148 201 247 157 181 1,289 Trevally ' - 18 53 271 215 155 m : 179 20 25 68 39 5 l^lQ' Gisborne Gurnard 150 85 51 73 108 42 24 25 81 142 228 158 1,167 Tarakihi 140 350 87 96 197 410 814 1,168 575 709 1,085 677 6,308 Napier Groper 34 155 105 48 26 141 287 279 151 58 106 53 1,443 Gurnard 402 218 452 533 204 127 •322 595 576 586 964 383 5,362 Sole 170 55 138 60 23 7 23 44 58 96 239 123 1,036 Tarakihi 380 444 304 97 92 424 1,088 1,792 1,554 989 1,828 752 9,744 Wellington 53 Hake 79 60 131 102 36 13 16 13 45 254 126 928 Groper 436 328 179 284 253 460 753 460 529 670 462 589 5,403 Ling 135 121 160 313 704 690 556 201 82 86 79 81 3,208 Tarakihi 1,298 1,384 2,596 1,310 1,572 957 1,168 1,546 728 1,174 2,186 938 16,857 Picton Barracouta 2 1 2 3 46 1 2 1 1 59 Blue cod 76 42 12 46 15 5 2 17"6 25 47 293 Groper 126 201 197 120 252 341 169 23 10 108 240 160 1,947 Sardine 527 339 156 346 87 1,455 Lyttelton Elephant-fish 178 165 188 119 131 62 64 144 221 205 155 1,632 Gurnard 34 51 203 139 56 7 188 246 113 124 42 1,203 Ling 54 163 74 93 104 3 92 59 67 330 364 44 1,447 Tarakihi 11 58 136 372 872 660 727 269 495 675 565 4,840 Timaru Elephant-fish.. 391 103 86 51 112 2 I 4 4 24 413 695 270 2,155 Elounder 314 ; 83 83 126 124 88 238 229 152 153 229 1,819 Groper 212 181 178 211 124 "2 15 160 192 1,275 Gurnard 106 124 257 351 187 '69 ii4 231 166 200 74 1,879 Ling 105 92 178 232 171 "2 10 24 16 22 76 119 1,047 Sole 84 •' 185 192 151 89 3 145 350 294 128 160 122 1,903 Port Chalmers Barracouta 74 119 1,171 1,545 294 3 512 2,810 974 7,502 Flounder 96 108 69 109 205 56 1.66 94 io9 104 130 120 1,366 Bed cod 1,239 2,437 1,010 872 907 72 222 111 38 320 139 238 7,605 Sole 335 561 990 588 563 63 422 260 475 677 680 668 6,282 Groper 99 119 94 100 99 32 94 32 10 103 33 14 829 Stewart Island Blue cod 235 1,647 189 986 1,207 2,183 997 1,240 445 93 72 9,294 Groper 29 139 16 68 71 77 18 5 1 3 6 433 Nelson Flounder 72 41 40 80 125 157 41 44 63 102 79 26 870 Gurnard 74 54 96 103 205 263 356 221 346 -236 86 41 2,081 Snapper 161 83 162 131 235 171 127 52 72 289 326 225 2,034 Sole 1 38 36 30 7 14 183 65 58 14 446