H—ls

Fish Landings The total landings of fish and shell-fish landed at the various ports are shown in Table 11.

Snapper retains pride of place as the most abundant species, and the other species remain very nearly in the same proportion to one another, as is shown by the following comparative table :

Methods of Capture Of the total catch, 68,084 cwt._ (17-90 per cent.) was landed from steam-trawlers, 91,347 cwt. (24-01 per cent.) from motor-trawlers, while motor-vessels (line and net fishing) accounted for 115,802 cwt. (30-45 per cent.) and row-boats 1,885 cwt. (0-50 per cent.).

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Kind or Class of Fish. Quantity. Value. Cwt. Percentage of Total. £ Percentage of Total. 1946. 1945. 1946. 1945. 1946. 1945. 1946. 1945. Snapper 116,832 109,009 30-72 32-86 158,973 147,685 24-08 26 • 45 Tarakihi 77,927 63,829 20-49 19-24 127,589 97,007 19-33 17-37 Hapuku 27,522 21,672 7-24 6-53 82,156 62,446 12-45 11-18 Gurnard 24,168 20,354 6-36 6-14 25,003 21,683 3-79 3-89 Sole 22,434 17,990 5-90 5-42 65,558 52,671 9-93 9-43 Blue Cod 21,036 19,160 5-53 5-78 51,366 47,288 7-78 8-47 Flounder 14,442 16,070 3-80 4-85 47,010 51,648 7-12 9-25 Ling 11,584 8,202 3-05 2-47 25,317 16,879 3-84 3-02 Barracouta 11,440 9,726 3-01 2-93 6,999 5,403 1-06 0-97 Red Cod 9,796 8,971 2-58 2-70 8,754 5,956 1-33 1-07 " Mixed rounds " 7,478 5,730 1-97 1-73 8,467 7,226 1-28 1-30 Trevally 6,819 6,725 1-80 2-03 6,075 5,107 0-92 0-92 Elephant-fish 4,639 4,269 1-22 1-29 8,266 8,759 1-25 1-57 Mullet 2,786 3,517 0-73 1-06 4,026 4,015 0-61 0-72 Pioke 2,247 2,060 0-59 0-62 2,851 2,309 0-43 0-41 Kahawai 2,092 2,330 0-55 0-71 1,743 1,805 0-27 0-32 Shark 2,041 1,335 0-54 0-40 2,181 1,328 0-33 0-24 Moki 1,975 946 0-52 0-29 3,536 1,736 0-54 0-31 Butterfish 1,920 1,462 0-50 0-44 5,040 3,972 0-76 0-71 " Mixed flats " 1,873 1,064 0-49 0-32 6,097 3,049 0-92 0-55 Hake 1,737 1,349 0-46 0-41 4,909 3,762 0-74 0-68 Parore 1,574 854 0-41 0-26 1,212 607 0-18 0-11 Herring 1,307 373 0-35 0-11 994 684 0-15 0-12 Sardine 1,197 1,458 0-31 0-44 988 1,025 0-15 0-18 John-dory 730 381 0-19 0-12 1,020 502 0-16 0-09 Swordfish 449 672 0-12 0-20 483 629 .0-07 0-11 Warehou 443 306 0-12 0-09 931 597 0-14 0-11 Kingfish 330 737 0-09 0-22 387 843 0-06 0-15 Whiting 316 287 0-08 0-09 223 201 0-03 0-04 Trumpeter 310 208 0-08 0-06 872 591 0-13 0-11 Whiptail 289 69 0-07 0-02 352 84 0-05 0-01 Mackerel 195 158 0-05 0-05 201 164 0-03 003 Conger-eel • 173 140 0-04 0-04 135 109 0-02 0-02 Skate 70 78 0-02 0-02 56 54 0-01 Perch 50 43 0-01 0-01 42 41 0-01 Garfish 49 148 0-01 0-04 168 297 0-03 0-06 Brill 20 44 0-01 56 151 0-01 0-03 Bonita 17 19 43 53 0-01 Maomao 10 24 13 35 Frost-fish 4 4 4 3 Totals 380,321 331,773 660,096 558,404 .. ! ..