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The State of our Fisheries 2008
Foreword
Introduction
Managing Fisheries for the Future
Fisheries and their Ecosystems
Māori Fisheries
Recreational Fisheries
Commercial Fisheries
High Seas Fisheries
Managing our Catch
Species Focus
Common New Zealand Fishing Methods
Glossary
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The State of our Fisheries 2008




Kura Paul-Burke’s image of a basket of kina being brought to the surface. This image was the overall winner of the Ministry of Fisheries’ 2008 photography competition that was open to all New Zealanders.

Please note:
This publication is only a snapshot of New Zealand’s fisheries.

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Managing Fisheries for the Future
Where to from here? | Setting standards for fisheries | Mapping our Fisheries
Māori Fisheries
Regional Iwi Forums | Customary fisheries and traditional fishing-grounds | Taking up the customary fishing regulations | Closures continue to build on rāhui | Tangata Tiaki/Tangata Kaitiaki
Commercial Fisheries
Management of foreign charter fishing vessels | Fishing for squid | Greenweight conversion | Proving environmental sustainability
Managing our Catch
Observing the catch | Hoki: status of the stock
Fisheries and their Ecosystems
Comparing seabed communities – The Chatham-Challenger Project | Protecting the seabed – Benthic Protection Areas | Taking stock – the Census of Antarctic Marine Life | Protecting the world’s smallest marine dolphin | A network of Marine Protected Areas | Impacts of land-based activities on coastal and estuarine fisheries and ecosystems
Recreational Fisheries
Fishing by the rules | Marlborough Sounds closed to rebuild blue cod | Wanted – alive and unharmed
High Seas Fisheries
Regional Fisheries Management Organisations | Work in the South Pacific | Managing bottom trawling on the high seas | Managing New Zealand's high seas fishing activities | Prized Pacific tuna | Landing legal catch - Port State Measures
Species Focus
Tarakihi (Nemadactylus macropterus) | Longfin and Shortfin Eels (Anguilla dieffenbachii and Anguilla australis) | Coromandel Scallops (Pecten novaezelandiae) | Southern Blue Whiting (Micromesistius australis) | Red Gurnard (Chelidonichthys kumu)
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Updated : 1 August 2008