Quantity of Fish captured in One Haul of the Net {unless 



otherwise stated) on various parts of the coast of New South 



Wales. 



SNAPPER (Schnapper).* 

 Quantity. Date. Locality. 



104 (weighing 1,932 lb.) ... ..., 24/6/08 Port Stephens. 



60 baskets) 



30 



96 



74 

 15 

 90 



BLACK BREAM. 



1/8/08 

 24/8/08 

 13/6/08 



(in two consecutive hauls) 



28/4/06 



28/4/05 

 6/4/07 



13/5/05 



Wallis Lake. 

 Tuggerah. 

 Hawkesbury River 

 (Broken Bay). 



Botany Bay. 

 Port Hacking (en- 

 trance). 



50 baskets 

 100 

 70 ,, 



85 baskets 

 60 „ 



50 

 50 

 20 

 70 

 30 

 70 

 70 



1 10 

 20 

 15 

 55 

 65 



200 

 20 



120 

 70 



(in 



ach of two hauls) 



BLACKFISH. 



' 12/10/07 



I 30/6/06 



I 3/6/05 



MULLET. 



1/8/08 



30/3/07 



28/8/09 



7/8/09 



...: 31/7/09 



... 20/7/07 



... 26/5/06 



...| 7/4/06 



•••j 15/4/05 



... 30/4/06 



...' 3/4/09 



■■■ 13/3/09 



... 23/5/04 



... 23/5/04 



••• ^7 /A/09 



... 27/3/09 



...' 20/3/09 



... 8/7/05 



Wallis Lake. 



Clarence River. 

 Port Macquarie. 

 Wallis Lake. 



Tuggerah. 

 Hawkesbury River. 



Port Jackson. 

 Botany Bay. 



Port Hacking. 

 Bateman's Bay 



*As is well known, this species, being a line fish, is not usually captured in the 

 hauling-net ; and this was a most exceptional occurrence. At the same time, it is 

 probable that large catches will be made in the future with the trawl-net while the fish 

 is on sandy ground. Great numbers of large Snapper are taken by line by fishing parties 

 out in tugs. Here is a typical record made by the Fisheries Inspector at Wallis Lake, 

 loth April, 1909: — "A party of eleven caught 450 Snapper on the 8th instant." 



t Each basket holds from 75 lb. to 80 lb. of fish. 



