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Table VI.— Showing Quantities of the Main Species of Fish landed at the Chief Fishing Ports in each Month of the Year ended 31st December, 1947

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— January. February. March. April. 1 June. July. August. September. October. November. December. Totals. Auckland. Cwt. Cwt. Cwt. Cwt. Cwt. Cwt. Cwt. Cwt. Cwt. Cwt. Cwt. Cwt. Cwt. Flounder 75 198 44 20 60 22 24 449 761 806 519 58 3,036 Gurnard 515 439 478 395 515 581 532 522 760 563 565 334 6,199 Snapper 5,004 6,178 6,679 5,662 7,249 7,774 8,340 8,333 12,655 12,183 9,702 11,711 693 101,470 Tarakihi 2,185 2,773 3,844 2,178 1,493 977 2,834 1,765 2,076 170 1,297 22,285 Trevally 130 200 . 248 47 177 191 236 221 276 166 158 243 2,293 Thames Flounder 495 1,013 725 287 490 41 58 36 19 26 340 777 4,307 Gurnard 17 2 14 28 31 158 140 101 140 150 77 24 882 Snapper 290 28 84 180 134 511 535 606 1,257 1,712 432 27 5,796 Trevally 1 15 32 34 47 14 37 110 84 14 3 391 Tauranga Kahawai 147 76 147 47 25 55 1 74 53 25 10 21 681 Snapper 188 110 178 122 176 98 91 116 159 115 558 110 2,021 Tarakihi 69 12 384 46 118 36 121 237 94 67 256 558 1,998 Trevally 1 2 4 35 72 66 51 141 116 234 55 777 Qisborne Gurnard 111 55 42 58 167 93 139 94 101 154 263 167 1,444 Tarakihi 322 310 455 347 565 494 647 455 887 784 808 790 6,864 Napier Gurnard 261 381 309 253 371 195 369 290 572 424 352 403 4,180 Hapuku 24 28 22 22 52 31 67 42 38 93 174 122 715 Sole 216 101 84 52 76 30 45 54 165 89 186 193 1,297 Tarakihi 500 493 438 272 615 882 2,268 1,826 2,300 2,732 2,400 1,475 16,201 Wellington Hake 39 63 65 66 39 16 55 17 7 149 254 230 1,000 Hapuku 770 292 377 258 456 317 1,595 649 510 753 1,110 930 8,017 Ling 89 218 564 363 757 501 1,509 321 238 133 405 322 5,420 Tarakihi 1,126 2,473 2,986 1,334 1,863 324 2,037 2,010 1,142 1,024 3,631 2,505 22,455 Picton Barracouta 2 1 2 107 21 47 28 10 3 221 Blue cod 28 4 81 22 2 5 "5 "5 "2 12 12 27 205 Hapuku 290 212 161 96 173 209 303 15 10 120 459 383 2,431 Sardine .. 52 45 97 Lyttelton Elephant-fish 178 87 57 74 60 41 89 67 117 301 164 178 1,413 Gurnard 43 86 284 140 52 29 33 34 202 75 47 80 1.105 Ling 137 153 147 249 150 179 296 112 158 174 301 222 2; 278 Tarakihi 219 62 89 855 1,397 602 1,854 558 904 1,030 972 353 8,895 Timaru Elephant-fish 162 131 84 48 229 40 99 21 92 156 405 247 1,714 Flounder 414 305 176 270 328 464 454 421 512 478 345 151 4,318 Gurnard 30 150 173 85 102 39 515 162 310 118 135 232 2,051 Hapuku 120 162 442 426 295 179 165 21 10 65 269 406 2,560 Ling 164 138 456 327 642 421 1,012 186 71 70 146 184 3,81.7 Sole 74 175 352 146 227 48 643 217 417 116 104 133 2,652 Port Chalmers Barracouta 1,666 2,427 3,701 1,660 1,002 198 224 29 56 34 890 2,051 13,938 Flounder 101 159 85 33 27 47 132 109 138 11 88 132 1,062 Hapuku 61 82 125 158 310 69 101 33 19 138 204 118 1,418 Bed cod 502 285 130 241 268 216 349 146 92 26 106 175 2,536 Sole 687 679 952 1,225 918 414 912 387 749 982 1,936 1,122 10,963 ■Stewart Island, Blue cod 838 1,599 2,290 1,703 953 1,097 2,667 876 1 466 303 26 12,819 Hapuku 53 112 159 151 85 64 116 17 10 21 788 Nelson Flounder 1 45 42 18 120 18 25 4 5 12 7 8. 305 Gurnard 60 140 333 107 145 100 167 180 233 240 139 61 1,905 Snapper 298 101 348 556 726 389 629 412 430 777 815 572 6,053