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Bluff and Stewart Island 1945. 1946. 1947. 1948. 1949. Owt. Cwt. Cwt. Cwt. Cwt. Total quantity landed .. 13,649 15,161 19,523 17,638 19,197 Blue cod .. .. .. 12,193 13,222 17,054 15,112 16,670 Hapuku .. .. .. 568 769 1,117 1,024 1,049 Soles .. .. .. .. 135 237 267 886 Gurnard .. .. .... 13 3 29 126 Butterfish .. .. .. 6 51 64 295 92 The totals for the various methods were trawl 1,092 cwt., lines 18,000 cwt., and nets 105 cwt.. in 1949, as against trawl 349 cwt., lines 16,941 cwt., and nets 348 cwt. last year. Riverton (Including Invercargill) 1945. 1946. 1947. 1948. 1949Cwt. ' Cwt. Cwt. Cwt, Cwt. Total quantity landed .. 580 688 907 662 857 Blue cod .. .. . . 468 597 783 574 758 Hapuku .. .. .. 88 83 117 69 69 Flounder .. .. .. 23 6 5 16 30 The quantities taken by the various methods were lines 827 cwt. and nets 30 cwt., as against lines 645 cwt. and nets 17 cwt. last year. Greymouth 1945. 1946. 1947. 1948. 1949. Cwt. Cwt. Cwt, Cwt, Cwt. Total quantity landed .. 651 909 2,498 3,818 3,364 Hapuku .. .. .. 16 376 394 606 1,119 Soles .. .. .. 498 327 912 1,244 897 Gurnard . . .. .. 73 85 448 606 375 Tarakihi ...... .. 5 4 3 268 The quantities caught by steam-trawl, motor-trawl and lines amounted to 1,027 cwt., 1,186 cwt., and 1,151 cwt. during 1949, as compared with steam-trawl 1,478 cwt., motortrawl 1,718 cwt., and lines 622 cwt. last year. The steam-trawlers here are of a smaller class than those in other ports. Westport 1945. 1946. 1947. 1948. 1949. Cwt, Cwt. Cwt. Cwt. Cwt. Total quantity landed .. 738 527 2,346 2,368 2,791 Soles .. .. .. 414 52 17 676 825 Tarakihi .. .. .. 8 1 579 7H 773 Gurnard .. .. .. 126 112 363 293 614 The quantities taken by the methods were trawl 2,736 cwt. and lines 55 cwt. during 1949, as against trawl 2,251 cwt. and lines 114 cwt. last year. Chatham Islands 1945. .1946. 1947. 1948. 1949. Cwt. Cwt. Cwt. Cwt. Cwt, Total quantity landed .. 2,078 3,586 9,412 12,490 7,816Blueeod .. .. .. 2,011 3.442 9,246 12,265 7,676 Hapuku .. . . .. 67 144 166 225 140 The decrease in the total quantity landed is probably due to the A T essel " Manuka " making only five trips in 1949, as against eight trips during 1948. Exports and Imports Imports of fish for the nine months ended 30th September, 1949, amounted to 15,449 cwt. of canned fish, such as herring, salmon, sardine, pilchard, and 353 cwt. of fish otherwise preserved, with a total value of £196,971.

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