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Table III—Showing the Quantities of Different Kinds of Fish Caught By the Different Methods of Fishing for the Year Ended 31st December, 1948

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Trawl. Danish Seine. Other Nets. Steam. Motor. Total. Motor. Motor. Bow-boat. Total. Cwt. £ Cwt. £ Cwt. £ Cwt. & 'Cwt. £ Cwt. £ Cwt. £ Barracouta 3,303 1,708 78 73 3,471 1,781 *.. Blue cod .. 42 • 115 42 115 ' 14 35 Bonita (Brama) Brill ' *25 "70 "25 "70 Butterflsh (greenbone) 1 2 1 2 1,555 4 j 738 ' *16 ' '54 1^571 4^792 Conger-eel 12 8 12 8 3 2 3 2 Cream-fish 289 *202 289 202 Elephant-fish 97 166 4,570 9 j 589 4,667 9,755 Flounders 6,914 23,299 6,914 23,299 "53 i.40 9^767 34," 320 1^847 - 7*014 11 i 614 4^334 Frost-fish 4 3 4 3 Garfish ... " 2 " 2 ' "l4 "54 ' *14 " 54 Gurnard 1,854 1652 14," 251 16," 232 16 j105 17,'884 3,801 2,719 1,973 1,391 "l6 12 1,989 1,403 Hake 638 1,776 529 1,319 1,167 3,053 3,095 4 7 4 7 Hapuku (groper) 1,138 3,615 1,915 6,213 9,828 in '384 9 22 9 22 Herrings 1,219 934 178 *215 1,397 1,149 John-dory '373 '552 *446 '695 '819 1^247 Kahawai 2 2 2 2 998 *911 "l2 ' "l2 1^010 ' '923 Kingfish .. 26 39 1 2 27 41 Ling 1 j 103 1,893 3 i 909 7," 291 5,012 9^184 1 3 1 3 Mackerel 92 62 92 62 80 56 80 56 Maomao 10 10 10 10 Moki '710 M86 1 j 444 2," 456 2454 3^642 234 411 9 ' '26 243 437 Mullet 2,147 3,391 . 93 150 2,240 3,541 Parori 51 53 23 12 74 65 Perch 4 3 6 4 ' 'lO 7 Pioki 647 585 1,405 ' 2,047 2,052 2,632 '344 '469 356 505 1 1 357 ' '506 Bed cod 713 482 3,609 3,675 4,322 4,157 119 267 1 2 120 269 Sardine 896 1,046 896 1,046 Shark *463 649 "43 "44 '506 '693 4 " 5 50 67 7 6 57 73 Skate 2 3 6 6 8 9 Snapper 32,253 48,915 16,950 28,587 49,203 77,502 71,701 108 j 333 11 j050 17 j008 'ios *237 11458 17^245 Sole 434 1,219 23,472 72,243 23,906 73,462 5 19 5 19 Swordfish (marlin) Tarakihi 36^87 63 ,'349 45 \085 82^287 81^272 145 i636 11 j404 762 16,893 ' 56 103 "18 ' 67 "74 ' 170 Trevally 3,735 2,658 336 294 4,071 2,952 547 4,302 4,132 82 108 4,384 4,240 Trumpeter 365 1,023 365 1,023 Tuna ' *40 ' 36 Warehou ' - 20 "28 '*20 "28 *371 *748 371 "748 Whiptail .. 341 240 1 1 342 241 Whiting Mixed flat fish '250 *691 1J95 3 j 909 1 445 4 j 600 4 5 4 "5 Mixed round fish and all fish 3,570 1,282 1,584 2,194 5,154 3,476 714 '549 474 507 "98 ' '96 572 603 not specified Totals 88,310 132,919 128,195 263,678 216,505 396,597 88,980 130,112 35,774 70,749 2,510 8,014 38,284 78,763