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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, 1936.

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Shell Fishery (excluding Toheroa). Quantity Total m 1 ? 1 ? Name of Port. Principal Kinds oIFish caught. landed Value I j Total yXe (iusn). (Fish). Oysters, i Value. Mussels. Value. 1 Crayfish. Value. Value | (Shell-fish) j j j Cwt. £ Sacks. £ Sacks. £ Cwt. £ £ £ Russell .. .. •• Snapper, mullet, flounder, groper, crayfish, kingfish, tarakihi, gurnard, rnaomao 2,621 1,223 .. .. .. .. 60 124 124 1,347 Kaipara .. .. .. Flounder, snapper, mullet .. .. .. •• •• 4,334 5,910 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Whanearei . Snapper, groper, mullet, blue cod, flounder .. .. .. .. 1,254 1,827 .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,8^7 AucMand (including'Manakau Snapper, flounder, tarakihi, groper, gurnard, pioke, dory, mullet, crayfish, blue 129,209 92,622 3,037 3,762 6,378 1,595 2,091 1,984 7,341 99,963 and Coromandel) cod, kingfish, trevally, frost-fish, barraeouta, piper, oysters (rock), mussels, sardines Thames .. Snapper, flounder, dab, mullet, gurnard, dory, pioke, mussels .. .. 19,134 14,593 .. .. 3,714 1,048 7 7 1,055 15,648 Mercury Bay !! ' . Snapper, tarakihi, groper, gurnard, blue cod, flounder, kingfish, crayfish .. 2,532 1,498 .. .. .. .. 220 243 243 1,741 Tauranea . .. Snapper, tarakihi, groper, mullet, blue cod, kingfish, trevally, pioke .. .. 4,252 2,850 .. .. .. .. .. ■■ .. >?;„ Opotiki .. .. .. Snapper, flat fish, groper, gurnard, tarakihi .. .. .. •• 185 410 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 410 Gisborne .. .. .. Tarakihi, gurnard, snapper, groper, sole, flounder, kahawai, crayfish .. 2,190 1,920 .. .. .. .. 60. 42 42 Napier .. .. .. Tarakihi, gurnard, sole, snapper, groper, flounder, barraeouta, crayfish .. 16,421 13,782 .. .. .. .. 70 61 61 13,843 New Plvmouth .. .. Snapper, groper, crayfish, tarakihi, cod, gurnard, kingfish, kahawai .. .. 1,750 1,890 .. .. .. .. 40 40 40 1 ,93« Waneanui Snapper, groper, blue cod,, flounder, kahawai .. • • 134 192 .. .. .. . . . . .. .. 19-. Wellington and district !! Tarakihi, blue cod, groper, ling, hake, snapper, barraeouta, moki, butterfish, 46,619f 47,394 .. .. .. .. 1,750 1,300 1,300 48,694 skate, warehou, crayfish, flounder, sole, kahawai, trevally, red cod, kingfish, gurnard, conger-eel Picton Flounder, butterfish, moki, blue eod, groper, crayfish .. .. 4,720 4,605 .. .. .. .. .. •• •• 4,b05 Blenheim (Wairau)" .. Sole, flounder, moki, tarakihi, red cod, snapper, butterfish, groper, gurnard, 3,000 2,720 .. .. .. .. 100 100 100 2,820 crayfish Nelson .. .. .. Snapper, flounder, dab, groper .. .. .. •• •• •• 3,497 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 3,497 French Pass .. .. Blue cod, groper, sole, flounder, snapper, butterfish, gurnard .. .. 2,171 2,639 .. .. .. ... .. •• •• 2,bd9 Westport .. .. .. Sole, snapper, groper, ling, flounder, crayfish, gurnard, turbot, red eod .. 394 450 .. .. .. .. 15 lo lo 4t>0 riwmnnt.l) Sole, groper, snapper, flounder, turbot, tarakihi, kingfish, red cod, ling .. 3,434 3,190 ... .. .. .. | •• •• 3,190 Kaikoura .. • ■ Groper, trumpeter, hake, ling, tarakihi, bass, blue cod, crayfish . . .. 4,364 5,019 .. .. .. .. '' - '' '' 5>019 Akaroa .. .. •• Flounder, sole, groper, brill, red eod, blue cod, crayfish, barraeouta, kingfish, 4,703 7,575 .. .. .. .. 150 | 75 75 7,650 kahawai, moki, butterfish Lvttelton .. .. Flounder, dab, groper, tarakihi, ling, gurnard, red cod, elephant-fish .. 12,440 11,534 .. .. .. .. .. . . . . 11,534 Timaru .. •. • • Flounder, sole, groper, ling, red cod, blue cod, kingfish, elephant-fish, gurnard, 14,046 14,820 .. .. .. .. • • • • ■ • 14,820 brill, barraeouta Oamaru and Moeraki .. Groper, blue cod, red eod, ling, barraeouta, crayfish .. .. .. 4,505 5,150 .. .. .. .. 400 200 200 5,350 Dunedin and Otago districts Sole, groper, flounder, snapper, red cod, blue cod, trevally, ling, moki, brill, 43,391 44,114 .. .. .. .. 1,617 1,051 1,051 45,ibo barraeouta, crayfish, gurnard, mullet, garfish, tarakihi, red perch, kingfish, trumpeter, skate, kahawai Invereargill, Bluff, and district Blue cod, groper, flounder, sole, green-bone, trevally, ling, kingfish, crayfish .. 6,082 5,633 49,712 31,070 .. .. .. ,.. 31,070 3b,70.! Stewart Island .. .. Blue eod, groper, trumpeter, green-bone, moki .. •• •• 9,370 8,822 .. .. .. .. .. .. 8,8^ Chatham Islands .. .. Blue cod, groper 17,279} 7,227 7,227 Totals .. .. .. .. •• •• 363,448 313,106 52,749 34,832 10,092 2,643 6,580 5,242 42,717 355,823 . | » Not including whitebait. t Includes 7,629 cwt. blue cod, 304 cwt. groper, 13 cwt. warehou, and 5 cwt. tarakihi caught at the Chatham Islands and landed at Wellington. t Exclusive of fish shipped direct to Wellington from fishing-boats by s.s. " South Sea."