This report describes the method and results for the third survey of amateur pāua harvest in the Kaikōura Marine Area, covering a 61 day open season from 1 April to 31 June 2024. A roving survey that counted the number of fishers in the water was used to estimate hourly fishing effort. Separate onsite interviews recorded catch per fisher when they had finished fishing. Oaro, south of the main survey area was included for a second year. Interviewers collected individual pāua weight and length from all surveyed catch.
Across the 27 survey days, clerks interviewed a total of 353 individual fishers and counted 1074 fishers in the water. The total recreational harvest for all daylight hours and days in the Kaikōura Marine Area was estimated to be 15.83 tonnes (CV 0.18), which is higher than the 2023 harvest estimate.
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