H—ls

Methods of Capture Of the total catch (438,300 cwt.), 93,721 cwt. (21*38 per cent.) was landed from steam-trawlers, 110,933 cwt. (25*31 per cent.) from motor-trawlers, 96,715 cwt. (22*07 per cent.) from Danish-seine boats, while motor-vessels (line and net fishing) accounted for 134,288 cwt. (30*64 per cent.) and row-boats 2,643 cwt. (o*6o per cent.). The total quantity of wet fish caught by each of the common methods of fishing is shown below (the figures in parentheses represent the 1946 quantities and values) :

Landings at Ports Of the total quantity of wet fish, 32-47 per cent, was landed at Auckland, 10-23 per cent, at Port Chalmers, 10-11 per cent, at Wellington, 5-37 per cent, at Napier, 4-84 per cent, at Timaru, 4-45 per cent, at Bluff and Stewart Island, and 3-97 per cent, •at Lyttelton.

In the following statement the total weights and values are given for some of the main ports alongside those for the previous two years, 1946 and 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 Totals.. 204,654 (159,431) 96,715 (103,203) 102,452 (84,006) 34,479 (33,681) 46-69 (41-92) 22-07 (27-14) 23-37 (22-09) 7-87 (8-85) 376,738 (286,908) 131,915 (133,191) 231,397 (184,450) 62,446 (55,547) 46-95 (43-46) 16-44(20-18) 28-83 (27-94) 7-78 (8-42) 438,300 (380,321) 802,496 (660,096)

Port. Quantity. Value. 1945. 1946. 1947. 1945. 1946. 1947. Cwt. Cwt. Cwt. £ £ £ Russell 4,194 5,032 4,115 5,093 6,027 5,751 Whangarei 1,766 2,325 1,930 2,264 2,886 2,928 Auckland 122,789 141,406 142,304 156,979 179,341 186,504 Thames district 17,245 10,824 13,035 25,746 17,589 22,200 Tauranga district 7,459 6,416 7,086 7,745 7,853 9,178 <Gisborne 8,236 10,052 10,926 9,160 13,309 17,356 Napier 19,194 22,249 23,525 29,186 36,979 46,099 Wellington 31,554 39,744 44,291 63,445 87,462 96,784 Manukau Harbour 1,229 1,215 1,401 2,217 2,426 2,607 Picton 4,358 4,913 3,774 8,522 9,616 9,225 Lyttelton Timaru 11,430 15,400 17,387 26,764 33,670 37,695 11,386 21,223 21,216 33,106 49,870 55,016 Moeraki 2,017 1,964 2,499 5,551 4,870 7,193 Nuggets district 4,250 4,565 6,177 10,969 12,945 17,480 Port Chalmers 25,533 23,250 44,849 36,225 36,853 70,583 Waikawa 2,610 2,964 4,456 6,757 8,371 12,759 Bluff, with Stewart Island 13,649 15,161 19,523 32,802 38,571 50,624 Westport 738 527 2,346 2,103 1,416 5,856 Motueka 1,097 1,653 4,918 1,979 2,691 7,310 Nelson 6,372 7,078 10,040 13,603 14,194 19,429 French Pass 3,278 2,749 3,293 9,188 7,143 9,174 Chatham Islands 2,078 3,586 5,565 1,868 3,278 6,948