Sea Lions Final Position Paper
Final Advice Paper - Operational Plan to Manage the Incidental Capture of New Zealand Sea Lions in the Squ6t Fishery for the 2004-2005 Fishing Year (165KB)
This paper provides the final advice and recommendations on the proposed management process that the Ministry of Fisheries (MFish) will implement under an operational plan to address New Zealand sea lion interactions in the southern squid trawl fishery (SQU6T) during the 2004-05 fishing year.
Operational Plan to Manage the Incidental Capture of New Zealand Sea Lions in the Squ6t Fishery for the 2004-2005 Fishing Year (52KB)
This paper outlines the management process to address New Zealand sea lion interactions in the southern squid trawl fishery (SQU6T) during the 2004-05 fishing year. This process continues the use of a limit on fishing-related mortalities to constrain New Zealand sea lion deaths within the SQU6T fishery to a biologically acceptable level.