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.