Status of the Fisheries

In December 2005, the Ministry launched a new section on its website - www.fish.govt.nz - dealing with the status of fish stocks. This provides information on the current state of New Zealand's 200 commercial fisheries and will be progressively upgraded to monitor to become the authoritative source of information on New Zealand's fisheries. Fisheries information now available on the site includes species biology and distribution, sustainability, utilisation, quota and export values and volumes, along with information about cost recovery levies.