H—ls

The total quantity of wet fish caught by each of the common methods of fishing is shown below (the figures in parentheses represent the 1945 quantities and values): —

Landings at Ports Of the total quantity of wet fish, 37*18 per cent, was landed at Auckland, 10*45 per cent, at Wellington, 6*ll per cent, at Port Chalmers, 5*85 per cent, at Napier, and 5*58 per cent, at Timaru.

In the following statement the total weights and values are given for some of the main ports alongside those for the previous two years, 1945 and 1944 :

Auckland. —A total of 141,406 cwt. of wet fish was landed at Auckland, compared with 122,789 cwt. during 1945. This substantial increase was largely due to the full-time fishing of an additional steam-trawler. The steam-trawlers accounted for 36,964 cwt., as against 19,553 cwt. for 1945. This total comprised mainly snapper (20,440 cwt.), tarakihi (10,688 cwt.), and gurnard (1,529 cwt.). Danish-seine boats brought in 96,990 cwt. (97,608 cwt. in 1945), of which 70,964 cwt. was snapper and 17,014 cwt. tarakihi. Motor line-fishing boats landed 3,097 cwt., compared with 2,493 cwt. for the previous year, and the netting boats 4,125 cwt., compared with 3,092 cwt. in 1945.

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Method of Fishing. Quantity. Value. Cwt. Percentage of Total. £ Percentage of Total. Trawl Danish seine Long and hand lines Set and drag-nets 159,431 (115,268) 103,203 (105,093) 84,006 (72,226) 33,681 (39,186) 41-92 (34-74) 27-14 (31-68) 22-09 (21-77) 8-85 (11-81) 286,908 (206,176) 133,191 (139,597) 184,450 (152,483) 55,547 (60,148) 43-46 (36-92) 20-18 (25-00) 27-94 (27-31) 8-42 (10-77) Totals .. 380,321 (331,773) 660,096 (558,404)

Port. Quantity. Value. 1944. 1945. 1946. 1944. 1945. 1946. Cwt. Cwt. Cwt. £ £ £ Russell 2,350 4,194 5,032 3,199 5,093 6,027 Whangarei 4,104 1,766 2,325 4,262 2,264 2,886 Auckland 111,078 122,789 141,406 138,872 156,979 179,341 Thames district 19,825 17,245 10,824 29,852 25,746 17,589 Tauranga district 10,485 7,459 6,416 11,242 7,745 7,853 Gisborne 7,703 8,236 10,052 10,475 9,160 13,309 Napier 17,865 19,194 22,249 26,529 29,186 36,979 Wellington 14,019 31,554 39,744 33,548 63,445 87,462 Manukau Harbour 1,118 1,229 1,215 1,825 2,217 2,426 Picton 7,230 4,358 4,913 10,438 8,522 9,616 JLyttelton 16,221 11,430 15,400 42,527 26,764 33,670 Timaru 13,022 11,386 21,223 37,759 33,106 49,870 Moeraki 1,658 2,017 1,964 4,728 5,551 4,870 Nuggets district 2,307 4,250 4,565 4,931 10,969 12,945 Port Chalmers 23,264 25,533 23,250 38,808 36,225 36,853 Waikawa 1,564 2,610 2,964 2,992 6,757 8,371 Bluff, with Stewart Island 12,163 13,649 15,161 27,860 32,802 38,571 Westport ... 814 738 527 2,013 2,103 1,416 Motueka 1,358 1,097 1,653 2,208 1,979 2,691 Nelson 5,541 6,372 7,078 13,635 13,603 14,194 French Pass 2,880 3,278 2,749 6,778 9,188 7,143 Chatham Islands 4,420 2,078 3,586 3,721 1,868 3,278