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Fisheries Table II.—Showing the various Kinds of Fish caught and approximately the Total Quantities of Fish and Shell-fish Landed at the different Fishing-ports for the Year ended 31st March, 1930.

- ■ ■' Shell Fishery (excluding Toheroa). Name of Port. ! . Principal Kinds of Pish caught. j 5 ' Value I j % ~ pj Tj J Total T° t,al (Fish). Mussels. Value. Oysters. Value, i Crayfish. Value. Value Value, (Shell-fish) Cut. £ Sacks. £ Sacks. £ | Cwt. £ ; £ ! £ Russell .. .. .. Snapper, mullet, flounder, hapuku, garfish, kingfish, crayfish .. .. 9,922 4,629 .. .. .. .. 25 45 45 4,674 Kaipara .. .. .. Flounder, snapper, mullet .. .. .. .. .. .. 5,250 I 11,107 .. .. .. .. .. .. ... 11,107 Whangarei .. .. Snapper, hapuku, mullet, flounder .. .. .. .. .. 4,400 4,666 .. .. .. ., .. .. .. 1 4,666 Auckland* (including Manukau Snapper, tarakihi, flounder, dab, sole, hapuku, gurnard, mullet, trcvalli. john- 95,760 , 79,174 5,706 1,554 6,219 7,152 1,558 3,271 11,977 91,151 and Coromandel) dory, dogfish, kingfish, moki, barracouta, frost-fish, blue-cod, piper, skate, . crayfish, oysters, mussels Thames .. .. .. Snapper, flounder, gurnard, mullet, john-dory, trevalli, kahawai, mussels .. 25,481 1 29,241 2,706 803 .. . . .. .. 803 30,044 Tauranga .. .. .. Snapper, hapuku, mullet, flounder, trevalli, gurnard, john-dory, blue cod .. 3,440 4,590 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 4,590 Gisborne .. .. .. Tarakihi, snapper, hapuku, gurnard, flounder, sole, kahawai .. .. 2,717 : 3,528 .. .. .. .. .. .. ..I 3,528 Napier .. .. .. Tarakihi, gurnard, sole, flounder, snapper, hapuku, barracouta, john-dory, 16,908 25,922 625 476. .. .. 344 675 1,151 i 27,073 moke, trevalli, kingfish, kahawai, whitebait, brill, mullet, warehou New Plymouth .. .. Snapper, hapuku, blue cod, tarakihi, gurnard, herrings, kingfish, kahawai ... 1,462 2,051 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2,051 Wanganui .. .. Snapper, hapuku, blue cod, flounder .. .. .. .. .. 536 669 .. . . .. .. .. .. .. 669 Wellington .. .. Groper (hapuku), tarakihi, blue cod, butterfish, trevalli, warehou, moki, ling, 97,300 139,431 .. .. .. . . .. .. .. 139,431 snapper, -bass (bass-groper), gurnard, flounder, sole, barracouta, crayfish Picton .. .. .. Hapuku, blue cod, moki, butterfish, flounder, tarakihi, garfish, trumpeter, 5,640 7,888 .. .. .. .. 31 40 40 7,928 crayfish Blenheim .. .. .. Sole, tarakihi, flounder, hapuku, gurnard, red cod, snapper, moki, butterfish, 2,380 3,660 .. .. .. .. 80 50 50 3,710 crayfish Nelson .. .. .. Flat fish, snapper, bream, hapuku, gurnard, blue cod .. .. .. 3,142 3,907 .. .. .. .. 9 15 15 3,922 Greymouth .. .. Sole, groper, snapper, flounder, herring, red cod, turbot, ling .. .. 541 2,091 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 831 Hokitikai.. .. .. Whitebait, herring, flounder, kahawai, sole, skate, snapper .. .. .. 1,379 11,850 .. .. .. . . .. .. .. 11,850 Kaikoura .. .. .. Groper, ling, kingfish, hake, tarakihi, blue cod, trumpeter, crayfish .. ■■ 3,775 4,665 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 4,665 Akaroa .. .. .. Groper, flounder, ling, crayfish, sole, mold, butterfish, barracouta, kingfish .. 4,200 7,745 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 7,745 Lyttelton .. .. .. Flounder, sole, tarakihi, groper, elephant-fish, kingfish .. .. .. 11,843 , 12,429 .. .. .. .. . .. .. .. 12,429 Timaru .. .. .. Flounder, sole, groper, red cod, ling, kingfish, elephant-fish, barracouta, brill, 3,720 7,678 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 7,678 gurnard Oamaru and Moeraki .. Groper, blue cod, ling, moke, barracouta, red cod .. .. .. .. 5,609 7,726 .. .. .. . . .. .. .. 7,726 Dunedin and Otago Districts Groper, sole, flounder, kingfish, blue cod, trevalli, ling, red cod, tarakihi, moki, 34,320 34,320 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 34,320 green-bone, mullet Bluff .. .. Blue cod, hapuku, flounder, oysters .. .. .. .. .. 4,213 8,961 .. .. 39,331 24,582 .. .. 24,582 33,543 Stewart Island .. .. Blue cod, hapuka, trumpeter, moki, green-bone .. .. .. .. 7,666 11,974 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 11,974 Chatham Islands .. .. Blue cod, groper, trumpeter .. .. .. .. .. .. 12,359 12,000 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 12,000 Returns from six minor ports ' 3,676 7,538 j] .. .. .. .. .. 7,538 Totals .. .. .. .. .. . .. 367,647 449,440 9,037 j 2,833 45,550 31,734 2,047:4,096 38,663 488,103 * Including 7,058 cwt., value £6,353, from Mercury Bay. t Whitetait only.