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of fish in 1907, as against 2,167 in 1906. A table on page 48 shows 

 the quantities of different kinds of fish taken in each month of the 

 year, the most productive months being March and September- 

 November, November leading. The sub-totals for the year are 

 the followins; : — 



Hastirigs River Returns^ 1907, 



Mullet . 

 Wliiting . 

 Bream . 

 Blackfisli 

 Schnapper 

 Garfish 

 Jewfish 

 Miscellaneous 



Baskets. 



2,319 

 897 

 838 

 684 

 253 

 219 

 113 

 164 



Total ... 5,451 



Besides this grand total, the Hastings river yielded 4,085 dozens 

 of crayfish (of which 2,833 dozens were put upon the Sydney markets), 

 " This industry has at length been systematically established at 

 Port Macquarie, and has been carried on during the year by two 

 steam smacks from 15 to 20 tons, each working from 35 to 40 pots." 

 The smacks at the same time were employed in line-fishing for 

 schnapper or red fish, which were very plentiful, but when sent to 

 market they failed to bring satisfactory prices, " and consequently, 

 when the crayfish season ended, they gave up the fine-fishing and 

 returned to Newcastle." As numbers of crayfish died in transit in 

 the hot weather, the divisional inspector recommended that they 

 should be carried in ships' tanks, " preferably of wood, fed with a 

 constant supply of salt water, and subdivided fore and aft and 

 athwart them with perforated parting boards to prevent damage to 

 the fish by the wash in heavy weather." 



Restrictive measures depend partly upon the conflict between 

 line-fishing and net-fishing. Certain waters are closed to net-fishing 

 for a specified term, ranging from eighteen months to three years. 



Mr. H. C. Dannevig, Superintendent of Fisheries Investigations 

 and Fish Hatcheries, proceeded to Hobart on July 21 to obtain 

 a stock of Tasmanian flounder, during the spawning season, for 

 transfer to Guimamatta Hatchery. About 1,500 fishes of various 

 sizes were placed in fish-tanks on board a steamer which conveyed 

 them to the hatchery. When placed in the pond at the hatchery, 

 they commenced to spawn almost immediately. About fifteen 

 million fry were hatched out and Hberated in suitable localities at 

 Port Hacking, Botany Bay, Middle Harbour, Lane Cove, and 

 Brisbane Water. 



In the month of July Mr. H. Dawson, Representative of Inland 



