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Table III—Showing the Quantities of Different Kinds of Fish Caught by the Different Methods of Fishing for the Year Ended 31st December, 1949

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Fish. Trawl. Danish Seine. Other Nets. Steam. Motor. Total. Motor. Motor. Row-boat. Total. Cwt. £ Cwt. £ Cwt, £ Cwt. £ Cwt, £ Cwt. £ Cwt. £ Barracouta 3,553 1,788 126 159 3,679 1,947 3 4 2 1 5 5 Blue cod 7 19 52 144 59 163 8 "24 1 1 9 25 Bonita (Brarna) Brill .. "l5 "43 "l47 '505 'l62 '548 Butterflsh (Greenbone) 16 17 16 17 "l8 "l2 lJ087 561 8 "28 1^13 3| 601 Conger-eel * 6 5 6 5 6 6 6 6 Cream-fish '287 '201 287 201 Elephant-fish 193 205 5J871 12J833 6,064 13,038 "75 'l81 "75 'l81 Flounders 46 126 6,976 25,207 7,022 25,333 "39 'l35 9,581 34,619 ljiio 4^480 10,730 39,234 Frost-fish 1 2 1 2 Garfish (piper) .. 8 "35 108 303 116 338 Gurnard 2^122 1^584 18^308 19 j858 20^430 21 |442 3,444 2,421 785 548 2 2 4,231 2,971 Hake 475 1,284 635 1,687 1,110 2,971 Hapuku (groper) 979 3,081 2,779 9,455 3,758 12,538 'l64 '430 7 "l4 171 '444 Herrings 1,162 1,146 '429 '503 1,591 1,649 John-dory '304 '460 1J726 2^634 2^030 3J094 Kahawai 4 3 75 55 79 58 "l2 8 315 '271 4 6 '331 '285 Kingfish 52 72 52 72 8 6 30 44 1 1 39 51 Ling '718 1^243 5,253 9,891 5,971 11,134 1 1 1 1 Mackerel 153 157 1 1 154 158 378 217 378 217 Maomao 1 2 4 6 5 8 Mold ljill 2^025 2^631 4^008 3^742 6^033 173 338 "is "42 191 380 Mullet 1,815 3,161 146 224 1,961 3,385 Parori 141 192 4 6 145 198 Perch "30 "23 6 4 "36 "27 Pioki 817 614 1,719 2,214 2,536 2,828 '267 '391 '298 'ill "10 "10 '575 '812 Red cod 534 432 2,275 2,079 2,809 2,511 2 4 2 4 Sardine 223 156 223 156 Shark '555 '769 'l02 "94 '657 '863 "22 "10 66 77 3 3 91 90 Skate 28 16 28 16 Snapper 22 \ 898 34^949 27,772 46,205 50,670 81,154 54|6ll 81 1887 11^281 17;696 '218 '425 65^510 100^008 Sole 396 1,099 24,281 73,397 24,677 74,496 1 7 3 7 4 14 Swordfish (marlin) Taraklhi 45^021 81 \ 565 59,565 101 j917 104^586 183^482 5^841 8^773 "25 "48 3 4 5^869 8^825 Trevally 4,409 3,145 604 566 5,013 3,711 579 414 964 888 35 44 1,578 1,346 Trumpeter 4 13 10 28 14 41 Tuna .. Warehou '246 '295 '246 '295 'l60 '339 '16O 339 Whiptail 526 443 "l7 "l3 543 456 Whiting 91 70 91 70 Mixed flat fish .. Mixed round fish and all fish not specified . 2^486 '760 643 '605 3Ji29 1^365 '868 '623 '331 '399 4 6 1,'208 1^028 Totals .. 87,980 136,396 161,676 313,669 249,656 450,065 65,291 95,178 29,025 64,639 1,998 5,786 96,314 165,603