H—ls

Table VI.—Showing Quantities of the Main Species of Fish landed at the Chief Fishing Ports in each Month of the Year ended 31st December, 1946

45

— January. February. March. April. May. June. July. August. September. October. November. December. Totals. Auckland Cwt. Cwt. Cwt. Cwt. Cwt. Cwt. Cwt. Cwt. Cwt. Cwt. Cwt. Cwt. Cwt. Flounder 210 436 246 182 54 32 2 27 16 80 81 91 1,457 Gurnard 446 851 533 618 525 589 686 528 625 879 568 522 7,370 Snapper 6,399 7,015 6,614 6,458 7,616 6,918 9,164 7,203 8,231 11,461 8,527 8,186 93,792 Tarakihi 1,411 2,642 2,301 2,050 417 1,804 2,319 2,977 4,140 2,129 2,498 3,100 27,788 Trevally 315 383 145 119 155 116 169 144 94 142 • 71 162 2,015 Thames Flounder .1,340 783 625 220 341 70 37 1 40 99 92 58 3,706 Gurnard 11 16 26 30 84 81 129 82 90 59 22 27 657 Snapper 171 356 260 443 208 340 667 548 603 606 195 357 4,754 Trevally 1 20 27 21 50 11 41 25 156 61 53 64 530 Tawranga Kahawai 30 7 12 24 15 14 41 93 228 180 385 1,029 Snapper 110 108 119 143 '97 151 139 135 94 101 131 131 1,459 Tarakihi 204 38 263 276 54 39 247 94 158 292 252 1,917 Trevally 1 5 32 5 9 15 236 2io 145 373 45 15 1,091 Oisborne Gurnard 102 199 115 66 35 49 106 49 144 283 150 251 1,549 Tarakihi 555 472 50 9 346 525 1,119 674 930 1,500 660 707 7,547 Napier Gurnard 501 337 113 264 615 412 522 421 738 860 670 541 5,994 Hapuku 82 21 23 36 3 18 35 9 30 59 28 34 378 Sole 270 129 23 123 122 48 109 205 220 479 553 465 2,746 Tarakihi 991 659 250 37 349 1,149 1,566 1,152 1,821 1,595 819 1,101 11,489 Wellington Hake 60 154 120 128 136 40 30 12 24 222 28 19 973 Hapuku 542 459 340 137 288 541 1,252 288 259 1,086 904 1,036 7,132 Ling 47 178 528 462 754 1,055 601 74 110 58 111 68 4,046 Tarakihi 1,687 2,124 2,089 2,024 1,520 1,129 1,908 1,150 1,325 2,118 2,843 1,287 21,204 Picton Barracouta 21 93 93 10 16 82 17 7 65 28 2 1 435 Blue cod 26 28 10 31 5 1 4 1 11 6 7 40 170 Hapuku 231 232 208 133 215 255 371 25 8 113 240 122 2,153 Sardine 31 40 53 200 553 314 1,191 Lyttelton Elephant-fish 164 211 79 69 49 30 40 98 114 490 368 93 1,805 Gurnard 78 121 185 67 28 5 29 87 118 324 141 86 1,269 Ling 15 258 384 162 179 189 148 120 94 85 179 320 2,133 Tarakihi 24 4 63 611 1,135 765 1,259 1,135 807 594 564 133 7,094 Timaru Elephant-fish 267 213 50 65 51 196 167 14 201 414 543 264 2,445 Flounder 224 226 138 174 370 153 129 188 155 108 181 321 2,367 Gurnard 105 185 216 506 182 381 221 158 287 333 256 116 2,946 Hapuku 218 256 245 236 421 285 4 299 436 396 2,796 Ling 158 187 268 338 720 670 92 '30 '28 154 249 242 3,130 Sole 118 134 318 236 148 209 227 169 351 244 290 127 2,571 Port Chalmers Barracouta 710 1,146 1,444 1,154 1,789 3 1 605 215 1,104 8,171 Flounder 113 108 31 50 72 92 '62 24 *30 13 54 96 745 Hapuku 24 83 58 48 50 88 57 19 4 34 60 37 562 Bed cod 374 866 213 369 808 385 252 46 35 60 288 150 3,846 Sole 508 663 750 509 718 667 1,091 407 216 737 856 1,244 8,366 Stewart Island Blue cod 762 1,897 1,455 823 2,247 1,276 1,382 367 316 105 138 2 10,770 Hapuku 27 112 129 61 189 59 27 3 3 2 <512 Nelson Flounder 33 22 27 75 109 99 149 84 54 90 101 50 893 Gurnard 43 46 94 82 163 167 446 299 201 281 141 49 2,012 Snapper 175 139 225 317 311 149 261 100 135 322 507 333 2,974 Sole 13 13 35 18 39 47 1 21 5 192