H—ls

Fishing-vessels and Personnel The number of licensed fishing-vessels operating in 1947 was 758, a reduction of 39 units, but this is offset by the fact that the catching-power of some of the remaining units has been increased. The details of the rearrangement of the fleet in respect of the various classes of fishing-vessels operating at each of the ports is shown in Table I, and the effect of the changes is dealt with in the text covering operations at the main ports. Fish Landings The total landings of fish and shell-fish landed at the various ports are shown in Table 11. A table showing the total quantity and value of each kind of fish is set out below. Snapper is the most abundant species, and the other species, headed by tarakihi, remain almost in the same proportion :

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Kind or Class of Fish. Quantity. Value. Cwt. Percentage of Total. £ Percentage of Total. 1947. 1946. 1947. 1946. 1947. 1946. 1947. 1946. Snapper 129,482 116,832 29-54 30 72 180,553 158,973 22-50 24-08 Tarakihi 91,692 77,927 20-92 20 49 157,723 127,589 19-65 19-33 Hapuku 32,154 27,522 7-34 7 24 101,815 82,156 12-68 12-45 Blue cod 29,513 21,036 6-73 5 53 74,459 51,366 9-27 7-78 Sole 25,354 22,434 5-78 5 90 76,276 65,558 9-50 9-93 Gurnard 21,291 24,168 4-86 6 36 21,294 25,003 2-64 3-79 Flounder 19,723 14,442 4-50 3 80 63,045 47,010 7-85 7-12 Barracouta 16,670 11,440 3-80 3 01 8,117 6,999 1-01 1-06 Ling.. " Mixed rounds " 15,683 11,584 3-58 3 05 34,900 25,317 4-35 3-84 11,330 7,478 2-58 1 97 11,200 8,467 1-39 1-28 Red cod 8,212 9,796 1-87 2 58 7,833 8,754 0-97 1-33 Trevally " Mixed flats " 6,969 6,819 1-59 1 80 6,115 6,075 0-76 0-92 4,790 1,873 1-09 0 49 17,356 6,097 2-16 0-92 Elephant-fish. 3,718 4,639 0-85 1 22 7,185 8,266 0-90 1-25 Pioki 3,522 2,247 0-80 0 59 4,422 2,851 0-55 0-43 Mullet 2,967 2,786 0-68 0 73 4,386 4,026 0-55 0-61 Hake 2,554 1,737 0-58 0 46 7,484 4,909 0-98 0-74 Butterfish 1,896 1,920 0-43 0 50 5,351 5,040 0-67 0-76 Moki 1,763 1,975 0-40 0 52 3,104 3,536 0-39 0-54 Herring 1,326 1,307 0-30 0 35 1,049 994 0-13 0-15 Kahawai 1,160 2,092 0-27 0 55 951 1,743 0-12 0-27 Swordfish 1,131 449 0-26 0 12 1,100 483 0-14 O-OT Shark 1,129 2,041 0-26 0 54 1,311 2,181 0-16 0-33 John-dory 965 730 0-22 0 19 1,387 1,020 0-17 0-16 Parori 621 1,574 0-14 0 41 393 1,212 0-05 0-18 Warehou 613 443 0-14 0 12 1,238 931 0-15 0-14 Whiting 377 316 0-09 0 08 264 223 0-03 0-03 Mackerel 350 195 0-09 0 05 302 201 0-04 0-03 Kingfish 295 330 0-07 0 09 413 387 0-05 0-06 Whiptail 267 289 0-06 0 07 234 352 0-03 0-05 Trumpeter 248 310 0-06 0 08 694 872 0-09 0-13 Conger-eel 199 173 0-05 0 04 148 135 0-02 0-02 Sardine 97 1,197 0-02 0 31 90 988 0-01 0-15 Frost-fish 69 4 0-02 53 4 0-01 Skate 50 70 0-01 0 02 41 56 0-01 0-01 Perch 49 50 0-01 0 01 33 42 0-01 0-01 Garfish 43 49 0-01 0 01 113 168 0-01 0-03 Maomao 11 10 16 13 Brill 10 20 30 56 . , 0-01 Bonita 7 17 18 43 0-01 Totals 438,300 380,321 802,496 660,096 ..