H—ls

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

3—H—ls

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Lines. Fish. Grand Total. Motor. Row-boat. Total. Cwt. £ Cwt. £ Cwt. £ Cwt. £ Barracouta 9,445 3,673 9,445 3,673 13,129 5,625 Blue cod 29,709 72,470 2 9 29,711 72,479 29,779 72,667 Bonita (Brama) 1 1 1 1 1 1 Brill 162 548 Butterflsh (greenbone ) 1,129 3,618 Conger-eel .. "l45 "150 "145 "l50 157 161 Cream-fish 287 201 Elephant-flsh 7 19 7 19 6,146 13,238 Flounders .. 17,752 64,567 Frost-fish .. 4 6 4 6 5 8 Garfish (piper) 116 338 Gurnard .. "519 "480 23 23 "542 "503 25,203 24,916 Hake 824 2,879 824 2,879 1,934 5,850 Hapuku (groper) 34,796 117,231 27 85 34,823 117,316 38,752 130,296 Herrings .. 1,591 1,649 John-dory .. 8 13 8 13 2,038 3.107 Kahawai .. 118 118 6 5 124 123 534 466 Kingfish .. 329 512 32 38 361 550 452 673 Ling 5,792 11,815 5,792 11,815 11,764 22,950 Mackerel .. 532 375 Maomao 1 1 1 1 6 9 Moki 30 57 1 2 31 59 3,964 6,472 Mullet 1,961 3.385 Parori 145 198 Perch 43 31 43 31 79 58 Pioki 987 1,362 1 2 988 1,364 4,099 5,004 Red cod .. 79 76 79 76 2,890 2,591 Sardine 223 156 Shark 1,'691 2^203 iJ691 2^203 ■ 2,439 3,156 Skate 4 3 4 3 32 19 Snapper 17,597 32,477 "740 1J294 18,337 33,771 134,517 214,933 Sole 24,681 74,510 Swordfish (marlin) . Tarakihi .. "548 i,'028 7 19 555 l|047 nijoio 193 \ 354 Trevally .. 60 54 60 54 6,651 5,111 Trumpeter 109 241 109 241 123 282 Tuna Warehou .. 3 5 3 5 ' ' 409 ' 639 Whiptail .. 1 1 1 1 544 457 Whiting . . 91 70 Mixed flat fish Mixed round fish and all fish not specified "244 "281 "244 "281 4^570 2^674 Totals 103.094 247,189 839 1,477 103,933 248,664 449,903 864,332