This report includes a description of all New Zealand barracouta fisheries catches up to the fishing year 2007–08; development of catch-per-unit-effort models for the three main fisheries (east and west coasts of the South Island and Southland); a summary of observer size frequency data; a summary of trawl survey biomass and size frequency data; and a review of stock structure. It makes recommendations on future data requirements and methods for monitoring the stocks.