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Table II.—Showing the various Kinds of Fish caught and approximately the Total Quantities of Fish* and Shell-fish landed at the Chief Fishing-ports for the Year ended 31st March, 1933.

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Shell Fishery (excluding Toheroa). Name of Port. Principal Kinds of Fish caught. landed' Value Total Total (Fish). | Oysters. Value. ! Mussels. , Value. Crayfish. Value. Value alue. (Shell-Ash) Cwt. £ Sacks. £ | Sacks. £ Cwt. I £ £ £ Russell .. .. .. Snapper, mullet, flounder, hapuku, crayfish, piper, kingfish, tarakihi, gurnard, 1,020 952 .. .. .. .. 60 56 56 1,008 kahawai Kaipara .. .. .. Flounder, snapper, mullet .. .. .. .. .. .. 2,802 3,004 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 3,004 Whangarei .. .. Snapper, flounder hapuku, mullet, blue-cod .. .. .. .. 3,320 5,222 .. .. .. .. .. j .. 5,222 Auckland (including Manakau Snapper, flounder, tarakihi, hapuku, gurnard, dogfish, dory, mullet, crayfish, 82,758 59,617 4,414 5,047 2,000 600 1,051 1,033 6,734f 66,351 and Coromandel) blue cod, kingfish, trevally, frost-fish, barracouta, piper, herring, oysters (rock), mussels, sardines Thames .. .. .. Snapper, flounder, dab, mullet, gurnard, dory, herring, pioke .. .. 18,078 14,029 .. .. 1,093 340 .. .. 340 14,369 Mercury Bay .. .. Snapper, tarakihi, groper, gurnard, blue cod, flounder, kingfish .. .. 4,191 3,392 1 .. .. .. 148 147 147 3,539 Tauranga .. .. Snapper, hapuku, tarakihi. gurnard, trevally, dogfish, mullet, blue cod .. 6,743 5,302 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 5,302 Opotiki .. .. .. Snapper, flounder, groper, gurnard, tarakihi .. .. .. .. 129 508 .. .. .. .. .. .. i .. 508 Gisborne .. .. .. Tarakihi, snapper, hapuku, gurnard, sole, flounder, kahawai, crayfish .. 2,876 1 3,854 I .. .. .. .. .. .. 3,854 Napier .. .. .. Tarakihi, gurnard, sole, flounder, snapper, hapuku, barracouta, john-dory, moki, 10,670 14,405 \ .. .. 150 112 400 400 512 14.917 trevally, kingfish, kahawai, brill, mullet, warehou New Plymouth .. .. Snapper, hapuku, cod, crayfish, tarakihi, gurnard, herring, kingfish, kahawai .. 3,062 3,531 j .. .. .. 200 280 280 3,811 Wanganui .. .. Snapper, hapuku, blue cod, flounder .. .. .. .. 51 149 .. .. .. .. •• 149 Wellington .. .. Tarakihi, hapuku, hake, ling, bass, crayfish, warehou, moki, flounder, sole, 56,328 93,110 .. .. .. .. 2,650 1,250 1,250 94,360 butterfish, kahawai, blue cod, trevally, snapper, gurnard, bream, kingfish, skate, garfish, red cod, conger, kelpfish Picton .. .. .. j Flounder, butterfish, garfish, moki, blue cod, herring (bait), hapuku, crayfish .. 2,940 2,822 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2,822 Blenheim (Wairau) .. I Sole, flounder, tarakihi, gurnard, butterfish, snapper, moki, red cod, hapuku, 3,235 2,565 .. .. .. .. 350 250 250 2,815 crayfish Nelson .. .. .. Snapper, flat fish, gurnard, blue cod, bream, hapuku, crayfish .. .. 4,274 4,045 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 4,045 Westport .. .. .. Soles, flounder, turbot, groper, snapper, red cod .. .. .. .. 530 829 .. .. .. .. 29 27 27 856 Grey mouth .. .. Sole, groper, snapper, turbot, flounder, herring, red cod, ling .. .. 3,193 2,994 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2,994 Kaikoura .. .. .. Groper, trumpeter, hake, ling, tarakihi, bass, blue cod, and crayfish .. .. 4,513 4,730 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 4,730 Akaroa .. .. .. Groper, flounder, sole, brill, blue cod, red cod, barracouta, moki, butterfish, kingfish, conger-eel 2,842 4,176 .. .. .. .. 50 25 25 4,201 Lyttelton .. .. Flat fish, groper, tarakihi, ling, elephant-fish .. .. .. .. 8,444 5,910 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 5,910 Timaru .. .. .. Flounder, sole, groper, red cod, ling, kingfish, elephant-fish, barracouta, brill, 7,550 8,400 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 8,400 and gurnard Oamaru and Moeraki .. Groper, blue cod, red cod, ling, barracouta, moki, warehou, sole, crayfish .. 5,375 5,020 .. .. .. .. 50 20 20 5,040 Dunedin and Otago districts Groper, kingfish, blue cod, flounder, sole, brill, bream, trevally, garfish, red cod, 34.725 20,665 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 20,665 tarakihi, barracouta, moki, trumpeter, ling, mullet, red perch, kelpfish, elephant-fish, kahawai, skate Invercargill and district .. Blue cod, groper, flounder, green-bone, trevally, ling, kingfish, crayfish .. 1,441 1,966 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,966 Bluff .. .. .. j Blue cod, groper, flounder, green-bone, trevally, ling, kingfish, crayfish .. 7,802 9,953 37,484 19,676 .. .. .. .. .. 29,633 Stewart Island .. .. Blue cod, groper, trumpeter, green-bone, moki .. .. .. .. 6,910 7,850 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 7,850 Chatham Islands .. .. Blue cod, hapuku .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2,177 1,016 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,016 Totals .. .. .. .. .. .. 287,979 290,016 41,898 24,723 3,243 1,052 4,988 3,488 9,641 319,337 * Not. including whitebait. t Includes £54 value of 75 sacks of scallops landed.