Fisheries Table II.—Showing the various Kinds of Fish caught and approximately the Total Quantities of Fish* and Shell-fish landed at the Chief Fishing-ports for the Year ended 31st March, 1932.

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Shell fishery (excluding Toheroa). Name oi Port. Principal Kinds of Fish caught. Quantity Total Grand , landed. * aiuc T + l *- Oi 1 ™ (Fish). Oysters. Value. Mussels. Value. ! Crayfish. Value. Value Value - __ , . . ] (Shell-flah) Ellsse11 •• Snapper, muUet, flounder, hapuku, crayfish, piper, kingfish, tarakihi, gurnard, ' 1,460. 1,818 *?.' ' £ AlK kahawai ......... ±,oio Kaipara .. .. .. Flounder, snapper, mullet .. .. .. i g 439 I 5 720 Whangarei .. .. Snapper, flounder, hapuku, mullet, blue cod '.'. " " " \ 3*770 5*719 " k'ZTq Auckland (including Manakau Snapper, flounder, tarakihi, hapuku, gurnard, dogfish, dory, mullet,' crayfish' ! 83,'753 5,014 4~242 l>463 2 102 I 8 410 75 354 and Coromandel) blue cod, kingfish, trevally, frost-fish, barracouta, piper, herring, ovsters ' ' (rock), mussels, sardines Thames .. .. J Snapper, flounder, dab, mullet, gurnard, dogfish, dory, herring, pioke .. 21,302 21,116 . 21 llfi Mercury Bay .. .. Snapper, tarakihi, groper, gurnard, blue cod, flounder, kingfish 7 431 5 053 7 1« Tauranga .. .. Snapper, hapuku, tarakihi, gurnard, trevaUy, dogfish, mullet, blue cod .. j 8*818 7*750 i ,,™ Opotiki .. ... .. Snapper, flounder, groper, gurnard, tarakihi .. .. .. .. 123 495 I 4Q5 Gisbome .. .. ••. | Tarakihi, snapper, hapuku, gurnard, sole, flounder, kahawai, crayfish " '.'. 2,937! 3,993 3993 Na P ]er •• Tarakihi, gurnard, sole, flounder, snapper, hapuku, barracouta, iohn-dory, 11,100 ! 19,320 ' '.'. '99s ' 22>S lo'tUR moki, trevaUy, kingfish, kahawai, whitebait, brill, mullet, warehou New Plymouth Snapper, hapuku, cod, crayfish, tarakihi, gurnard, herring, kingfish, kahawai .. 2,111 2,367 ... 120 168 168 2 535 Wanganui ..... .. I Snapper, hapuku, blue cod, flounder .. .. .... ..40 96 " id» lb» /!,53o Poxton .. .. .. J Flounder, kahawai, snapper, mullet, gurnard .. .. " '' 200 550 " kka Wellington Tarakihi, hapuku, hake, ling, bass, crayfish, warehou, moki, flounder, sole", 63,421 66,248 ! '.'.'.'. 66 248 butterfish, kahawai, blue cod, trevally, snapper, gurnard, bream, kmgfish, skate, whitebait, garfish, red cod, conger, kelpfish Sf*^ 11 - ;™ ■ "' "• ! Plounder = butterfish, garfish, moki, blue cod, herring (bait), hapuku, crayfish .. 1,780 I 2,942 9 qav Blenheim (Wairau) .. Sole, flounder, tarakihi, gurnard, butterfish, snapper, moki, red cod, hapuku, 2,830 ! 2,530 .. '.'. '.[ " 6 0 'êo '(30 2 590 Nelson .. .... .. Snapper, flat fish, gurnard, blue cod, bream, hapuku, crayfish .. .. 3,443 4 856 q i 19 19 '• 4 Sfis Greymouth ... .. Sole, groper, snapper, turbot, flounder, herring, red cod, ling .. 1,720 i 2 275 " 2 2?S Kaikoura.. .. .. Groper, trumpeter, hake, ling, tarakihi, bass, blue cod, and crayfish .. .. 2,912 I 4,077 .. 4'n77 Akaroa .. .. .. Groper, flounder, sole, brill, blue cod, red cod, barracouta, moki, butterfish, 4,055 i 6'254 'l'fin 'fiO 'fin P,' si 4 kmgfish, conger- eel " '''.." o,ai4 Lyttelton ... .. Flat fish, groper, tarakihi, ling, elephant-fish .. .. .. ., | 14,282 j 16,424 .... 16 424 Lake JiUesmere ..; .. Flounder and herring (yellow-eyed mullet) .. .. .. ..• 1,500 1,750 1750 Timaru .. .. .. Flounder, sole, groper, red cod, ling, occasional kmgfish, elephant - fish, " " 19*045 barracouta, brill, and gurnard ...... i_, raj Oamaru .. .. .. Groper, blue cod, red cod, ling, barracouta, moki, warehou, sole, crayfish .. I 1,999 I 1 980 1 q 80 Moeraki . .. Groper, blue cod, red cod, ling, barracouta, moki, warehou. sole, crayfish .. I 3,100 3,138 "53 '93 "oq s'l61 Dunedm and Otago Districts Groper, kingfish, blue cod, flounder, sole, brill, bream, trevally, garfish, red- ( 41,134 20,560 ' " I " 90 560 cod, tarakihi, barracouta, moki, trumpeter, ling, mullet, red perch, kelpfish, "' | " '' elephant-fish, kahawai, skate Invercargill and district .. Blue cod, groper, flounder, green-bone, trevally, ling, kmgfish, crayfish .. 4,398 4 911 4 911 il. rt T :,- , •• ■■ E] ue c °d. groper, flounder, green-bone, trevaUy, ling, kingfish, crayfish .. 5,065 9,389 36,538 22,836 '.'. '.'. '.'. \ ' 22 836 32*225 btewart Island .. .. Blue cod, groper, trumpeter, green-bone, moki .. .. .. 7 866 ' 8 406 slnfi Chatham Islands .. .. Blue cod, hapuku ... 2 937 1 1371 ?'t2? Totals •• •■ J318, 956 1311,199 ! 40,898 J27, 850 I 4,242 \ 1,294 j 2,083 j 2,650 31,794 343,993 * Not including whitebait.