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Fisheries Table I.—Showing the Number of Fishing-vessels and the Number of Fishermen and other Persons engaged in the Fishing Industry at each Port for the Year ended 31st March, 1931.

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Name of Port. i Whangarei Auckland* Gisborne Napier Wellington Nelson Westport Kaikoura Akaroa Lyttelton Tiinaru Dunedin and Otago District Bluff, Invercargill, and District Stewart Isla-nd Chatham Islands Five minor ports (combined) Totals .. Steamers Trawling. Whole ! , Time. 4 "i 5 2 2 Part Time. 2 4 j 20 1 j 1 5 1 ,7 Motor Trawler i Whole Time. Q 1 1 Part Time. 3 9 : 11 ! • • ; 1 1 o 8 9 j 1 8 22 8 62 Vessels engaged in Fishing for Wet Fish. Steamers Motor-vessels Danish- Danishseining, seining. Whole Time. i Part Time. [ .. 1 1 j '' 1 •• 1 Whole Time. 2 20 8 6 2 •• 3 .. 41 * Part Time. 6 5 4 2 5 1 23 Motor-vessels, Set-net and Line Fishing.: ! Whole Time. 12 27 8 63 27 15 9 10 14 3 44 19 11 19 18 28 40 67 46 44 12 6 542 Part Time. | ♦ 9 8 50 5 2 5 1 16 24 21 7 2 4 io i 7 51 6 229 Including Mannkau, Sailing-boats. 1 Whole : Part Time, i Time. ■• : 2 1 i ■: i 1 ji Rowing- I boats. Whole Time. 12 1 1 50 2 59 2 6 Part 1 Time. || 8 7 ': | 40 : 3 10 16 ; 50 : 6 | 2i ; 2 5 7 : 41 5 7 ! 3 i 51 9 1 | 16 Coroma 11 15 207 7 8 48 294 ndel, and Mercury B Vessels er Oysterdredging Vessels. Whole Time. 7 Part i Time, j • • 7 .. ! gaged in Shell-fishery Musseldredging Vessels. Whole Time. I Part Time. 1 1 3 2 1 Crayfishing Vessels. i Whole Time. : 1 4 2 1 12 Part i Time. 2 40 27 14 10 35 3 1 1 9 4 6 1 4 1 3 161 Number of Persons employed. Fishermen. Whole Time. 55 35 1 20 1 312 1 98 40 23 111 39 9 148 36 6 37 2 : 28 30 107 30 55 224 100 94 17 !l,689 l__ Part Time. 49 16 135 4 43 65 13 18 72 44 16 24 13 25 10 80 3 1 16 150 93 890 Oth Whole Time. 3 1 6 130 22 8 1 8 i 24 6 26 io 1 2 80 3 5 100 30 10 488 TS. Part Time. 12 8 4 1 25 Total. Whole Time. 55 38 26 442 120 48 31 135 45 9 174 36 6 47 2 29 32 187 33 60 324 130 104 17 2,177 Part Time. 61 16 135 4 43 73 13 18 76 44 16 24 13 25 10 80 3 2 16 : 150 93 815