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Table 9.23: Reported catches (greenweight tonnes) of non-Quota Management System fish.
Species   1989-90 1991-92 1993-94 1995-96 Stocks Status
  (tonnes)     1995    
Blue mackerel (Scomber australisicus) No quota         D
Catch 5,673 15,279 6,093 5,646  
Cardinal fish (Epigonus telescopus) No quota         D
Catch 2,374 1,651 3,793 4,565  
Frostfish (Lepidopus caudatus) No quota         D
Catch 2,536 3,298 2,964 1,575  
Ghost shark (Hydrolagus novaezelandiae) No quota         D
Catch 903 1,264 1,591 1,927  
Skate (Squalus acanthias) No quota         D
Catch 1,330 1,879 2,022 1,456  
Spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias) No quota         D
Catch 2,952 3,274 6,151 5,974  
Swordfish (broadbill) (Xiphius gladius) No quota         D
Catch 200 8 1 22  
White warehou (Seriolella caerulea) No quota         D
Catch 1,286 2,419 1,719 1,901  
Albacore tuna (Thunnus alalunga) No quota         D
Catch 3,144 3,417 5,315 6,259  
Skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamus) No quota         D
Catch 3,972 988 3,136 4,105  
Southern bluefin tuna (Thunnus maccoyi) CCSBT quota *         D
Catch 529 60 277 133  
Other tuna (5 Species) No quota         D
Catch 161 105 146 303  

Source: Ministry of Fisheries

* The Global Catch Limit for Southern bluefin tuna agreed to under the Convention for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna (CCSBT) for the 1993-94 was 11,750 tonnes (6,065t. for Japan, 5,265t. for Australia, and 420t. for New Zealand).

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