Fishing Activity: Fish Stocks

Explanatory Note: Transition to new stock status categories
This report card reports the status of a fish stock compared to target level (usually the biomass needed to produce maximum sustainable yield). In future reporting, we will apply the new Harvest Strategy Standard for New Zealand Fisheries stock status categories, which are available for 2009 data onwards.

The Ministry of Fisheries has completed the first stock assessment using these new categories in their Updated Status of New Zealand’s Fish Stocks.