Land: New Zealand

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The fact that New Zealand has an increased catch allocation of Southern Blue Fin at a time when the total global quota is reduced bodes well for the future of the Fishery. And here we’ll explain why. However, the first point to make is that although New Zealand, by rights actually has a quota of 709 tonnes under the “new allocation”, the New Zealand fishing industry has chosen to fish to a lesser amount (532 tonnes). We have transferred, for two years, some 170 tonnes to Japan – as part of our strategy to get them to support the global reduction.

The New Zealand Seafood Industry Council sees the commercial catch

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Fisheries Ministry defends quota decisions saying that it is based on best available science and not by any guesswork.

New Zealand’s fisheries scientists claim that the decisions on commercial fishing limits are essentially guesswork and “highly susceptible to influence”.

A documentary film, The End of the Line, was premiered in Wellington which claims fish will not be commercially available in less than 50 years.

Today, Statistics New Zealand released that the value of New Zealand’s commercial fish stocks passed the $4 billion mark in 2009.

New Zealand is working hard on the reformation of its aquaculture, as the report of the ATAG revealed.