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Table 9.14: Commercial scallop (Pecten novaezelandiae) fisheries in New Zealand 1
| 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | |
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| Northern Fishery | Northland (Season: July 15 - February 14) | ||||||
| Quota | 600kg greenweight (unopened) per boat per day | 600kg greenweight (unopened) per boat per day | 600kg greenweight (unopened) per boat per day | 600kg greenweight (unopened) per boat per day | 600kg greenweight (unopened) per boat per day | 600kg greenweight (unopened) per boat per day | 188 tonnes 2 |
| Coromandel (Season: July 15 - December 21) | |||||||
| 600kg greenweight (unopened) per boat per season per day | 600kg greenweight (unopened) per boat per season per day | 7 tonnes of meat per boat per season | 6 tonnes of meat per boat per season | 3 tonnes of meat per boat per season | Quota details not available | 88 tonnes (2 tonnes of meat per boat) | |
| Catch | 143 t. | 282 t. | 230 t. | 157 t. | 202 t. | 208 t. | 200 t. |
| Southern Fishery 3 | Nelson and Marlborough (Season: August-December with start date based on surveys of scallop size) | ||||||
| Quota | No fishery wide quota. Each vessel allocated a set catch. | No fishery wide quota. Each vessel allocated a set catch. | About 640 t.(meatweight) later increased to about 740 tonnes. | AAC 4 1,100 tonnes (meatweight) per season | AAC 4 850 tonnes (meatweight) per season | AAC 4 720 tonnes (meatweight) per season | AAC 4 720 tonnes (meatweight) per season |
| Catch | 240 t. | 672 t. | 710 t. | 805 t. | 850 t. | 521 t. | 672 t. |
Source: Ministry of Fisheries
1 This table contains no assessment of stock status because scallop stocks vary markedly from year to year. Catch limits have been based on annual abundance surveys since 1992 in the Northern Fishery and since 1993 in the Southern Fishery.
2 For the 1995-96 fishing season, the quota allocation for the Northland Zone of the Northern Fishery was changed from a quota per boat system to an overall area system.
3 Since 1986, the Southern Fishery has been "farmed" with a rotational fishing strategy and stock from a seeding programme contributing to the annual yield.
4 The Southern Fishery has 48 licensed vessels whose catch limits were initially set on a per boat basis but, from 1993 on, have been subject to a fishery-wide Allowable Annual Catch (AAC) allocated through a transferable quota (ITQ) system.
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