Recreational fishers are not required to report fish caught so surveys need to be conducted to obtain estimates of recreational catch.
This report describes a study where the lengths of fish caught in the recreational fishery were measured from many locations around New Zealand.
These surveys were conducted at boat ramps on good weather days where the traffic was highest.
Fish lengths were converted into weights using known published length-weight relationships.
An annual or seasonal average weight estimate was provided for all quota stocks of interest to recreational fisheries.
These estimates were provided to the concurrent running National Panel Survey to produce harvest estimates for the whole country.
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