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also contributed nearly 9% to the total catch weight and was the fourth most common
bycatch species by weight in the scampi fishery from 1990 to 2001. 2
Environmental conditions
5 No information is available.
Protected species interactions
6 None known.
Stock Assessment
7 There are no estimates of stock structure, current or reference biomass, or sustainable
yield.
Social, Economic, Cultural Information
Commercial fishery characteristics 3
8 Due to its widespread geographic distribution, javelinfish has been reported as
bycatch in 32 target fisheries over the last five fishing years. For the fishing years
2002/03 – 2006/07 total EEZ reported catch of javelinfish was 29,781 tonnes, most of
which was taken by bottom trawl. The following table summarises the total catch
distribution by Fisheries Management Area (FMA) for the fishing years 2002/03 –
2006/07
FMA1 FMA2 FMA3 FMA4 FMA5 FMA6 FMA7 FMA8 FMA9 FMA10
100 t 399 t 11,258 t 10,870 t 1,535 t 4,076 t 1,539 t 0 t 2 t 0 t
9 The total reported catch for each of the cited fishing years is shown in the following
table.
2002/03 2003/04 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07
6,909 t 7,300 t 4,837 t 5,408 t 5,326 t
10 The percentage of total reported catch for each fishing year discarded or landed is
shown in the following table.
2002/03 2003/04 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07
Discarded 20% 13% 18% 20% 27%
Landed 80% 87% 82% 80% 73%
2
Anderson, O.F. (2004). Fish discards and non-target fish catch in the trawl fisheries for arrow squid, jack
mackerel, and scampi in New Zealand waters. New Zealand Fisheries Assessment Report 2004/10. 61 p.
3
Tables showing figures as percentages may not sum to 100% as percentages are rounded to the nearest whole
number.
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