H—ls

Tauranga 1945. 1946. 1947. 1948. 1949. Cwt. Cwt. Cwt. Cwt. Cwt. Total quantity landed .. 7,459 6,41(5 7,086 13,763 12,948 Tarakihi .. .. .. 1,289 1,917 1,998 5,226 10,354 Snapper .. .. .. 2,513 1,459 2,021 4,426 1,633 Hapuku .. .. .. 151 126 244 333 362 Trevally .. .. .. 1,219 1,091 777 » 2,479 254 The one Danish-seiner operated for one month only during 1949 and landed 93 cwt., as compared with 2,496 for eleven months last year. The number of motor-trawlers was increased to three during 1949. The total quantity landed by trawl was 10,686 cwt., by lines 1,130 cwt., and by nets 1,039 cwt. during 1949, as compared with 5,394 cwt., 1,667 cwt., and 4,206 cwt. for trawl, lines, and nets respectively during 1948. Whakatane (Including 'Opotihi) 1945. 1946. 1947. 1948. 1949. Cwt. Cwt. Cwt. Cwt. Cwt. Total quantity landed .. 2,074 1,558 902 1,242 1,762 Snapper .. .. .. 1,478 1,027 426 796 1,326 Tarakihi .. .. '.. 34 56 51 23 197 Flounder .. .. .. 138 65 114 91 78 The one Danish-seiner at Whakatane operated for eight months last year, but during 1949 used lines only until it changed to trawling in August. The total landings are made up of trawl 889 cwt., lines 595 cwt., nets 278 cwt., as compared with Danishseine 277 cwt., lines 697 cwt., and nets 268 cwt. in 1948. Gisborne 1945. 1946. 1947. 1948. 1949. Cwt. Cwt. Cwt. Cwt. Cwt. Total quantity landed .. 8,236 10,052 10,926 13,260 14,675 Tarakihi .. .. .. 6,308 7,547 6,864 8,907 . 8,797 Gurnard .. .. .. 1,167 1,549 1,444 1,117 1,396 Snapper .. .. .. 132 206 197 555 1,108 John-dory .. .. .. 28 87 122 424 1,037 Moki .. .. .. 62 94 139 429 1,028 The steady increase in the total quantity landed still continues. A total of 14,201 cwt. was trawl caught and 474 cwt. line caught during 1949, as compared with 12,453 cwt. by trawl and 806 cwt. by line last year. Napier 1945. 1946. 1947. 1948. 1949. Cwt. Cwt. Cwt. Cwt. Cwt. Total quantity landed .. 19,194 22,249 23,525 27,254 25,320 Tarakihi .. .. .. 9,744 11,489 16,201 19,955 15,625 Gurnard .. .. .. 5,362 5,994 4,180 3,596 3,762 Snapper .. .. .. 520 869 224 224 2,432 Hapuku .. .. .. 1,443 378 715 1,481 1,153 In 1949 the catch by motor-trawlers amounted to 24,606 cwt. and that for the motor line and net vessels amounted to 710 cwt., as compared with 25,827 cwt. and 1,052 cwt. respectively in 1948. Gastlepoint 1945. 1946. 1947. 1948. 1949. Cwt. Cwt. Cwt. Cwt. Cwt. Total quantity landed .. 60 40 56 141 136 Hapuku .. .. .. 33 26 i'2 104 112 Moki .. .. .. .. 3 .. .. 13 Snapper ...... .. 3 1 6 7

25