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This information was published in 1966 in An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand, edited by A. H. McLintock. It has not been corrected and will not be updated.

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Exports and Imports

Frozen and prepared fish and frozen crayfish tails comprise the most important exports of fishery products. The total value of fishery products exported in 1963 was £1,475,450.

Imports are confined to canned and prepared fish, mainly salmon, sardines and herrings. The quantity imported fluctuates from year to year and in 1963 was valued at £995,867.

Co-creator

Brian Turnbull Cunningham, B.SC., Senior Fishery Officer, Marine Department, Wellington.