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Region:
Kermadec (FMA10)
North West (FMA 9)
Central (FMA 8)
North East Coast North Island (FMA 1)
Central (East) (FMA2)
Challenger (FMA 7)
Chatham Islands (FMA 4)
South-East Coast (FMA 3)
Southland/Fiordland (FMA 5)
Sub-Antarctic (FMA 6)
Fishery:
Albacore tuna
Challenger Finfish
Challenger Scallops and Oysters
Challenger Shellfish
Chatham Islands (FMA 4)
Coromandel Scallops
Deepwater crabs
East Coast North Island Finfish
East Coast North Island Shellfish
Eels
Foveaux Strait Dredge Oysters
Freshwater (general)
Hake
Hoki (including key bycatch stocks)
Jack mackerel
Kermadec
Large pelagic species
Ling
North East Finfish
North East Shellfish
North West Shellfish (FMA 9)
Northland Scallops
Orange roughy
Oreo
Paua (PAU 5A)
Red Rock Lobster (all stocks)
Red Rock Lobster (CRA 3)
Scampi
Seaweed
Skipjack tuna
Southern Blue Whiting
Southern Finfish
Southern reef fish (FMA 3,5)
Southern Shellfish
Squid
West Coast North Island Finfish
Species:
Agar weed
Albacore tuna
Alfonsino
Alfonsino & Long-finned beryx
Anchovy
Antarctic toothfish
Antipodean albatross
Arrow squid
Banded stargazer
Barracouta
Bass
Bigeye tuna
Black flounder
Black oreo
Black Paua & Yellowfoot Paua
Blackfoot paua
Bladder kelp
Blue cod
Blue mackerel
Blue maomao
Blue marlin
Blue moki
Blue shark
Bluenose
Bottlenose dolphin
Brill
Brodie's king crab
Brown bullhead catfish
Bull kelp
Buller's albatross
Buller's and Pacific albatross
Buller's shearwater
Butterfish
Campbell albatross
Cardinal fish
Chatham Island albatross
Cockle
Common dolphin
Common smelt
Common warehou
Convict groper
Crab (Unspecified)
Deepwater clam
Dusky dolphin
Ecklonia
Eels, Marine (Unspecified)
Elephant fish
Flatfish
Flesh-footed shearwater
Freshwater eels
Frilled venus shell
Frostfish
Galaxiid (adult)
Garfish
Gemfish
Gemfish
Ghost shark
Giant spider crab
Giant stargazer
Giant Stargazer
Gibson's albatross
Gigartina
Goldfish
Gracilaria weed
Grass carp
Great-winged (Grey-faced) petrel
Greenback flounder
Green-lipped mussel
Green-lipped mussel
Green-lipped mussel (spat)
Grey mullet
Grey petrel
Grey-headed albatross
Gurnard
Hake
Hapuku
Hapuku & Bass
Hector's dolphin
Hoki
Horse mussel
Jack mackerel
Jack-knife prawn
John dory
Kahawai
Kahawai
Kina
King crab
King tarakihi
Kingfish
Knobbed whelk
Koi carp
Koura
Large trough shell
Leatherjacket
Lemon sole
Lessonia
Light-mantled sooty albatross
Ling
Long finned gemfish
Longfinned beryx
Long-finned freshwater eel
Lookdown dory
Mako shark
Masked booby
Maui's dolphin
Moonfish
Murphy's mackerel
Murray's king crab
New Zealand fur seal
New Zealand sea lion
Northern giant petrel
Northern kahawai
Northern royal albatross
Northern spiny dogfish
NZ Northern arrow squid
NZ sole
NZ Southern arrow squid
Octopus
Orange roughy
Orca
Oreo
Oysters, dredge (except Foveaux Strait)
Oysters, dredge (Foveaux Strait)
Pacific bluefin tuna
Pacific oyster
Packhorse rock lobster
Paddle crab
Pale ghost shark
Parore
Patagonian toothfish
Pilchard
Pipi
Porae
Porbeagle shark
Porphyra
Prawn killer
Queen scallop
Quinnat salmon
Ray's bream
Red cod
Red crab
Red snapper
Redbait
Rexea prometheoides
Ribaldo
Rig
Ringed dosinia
Rough skate
Rubyfish
Salvin's albatross
Sand flounder
Scallop
Scampi
School shark
Sea cucumber
Sea lettuce
Sea perch
Short-finned freshwater eel
Silky dosinia
Silver warehou
Skipjack tuna
Slender sprat
Smooth oreo
Smooth skate
Snapper
Sockeye salmon
Sooty shearwater
Southern blue whiting
Southern bluefin tuna
Southern royal albatross
Southern tuatua
Spiky oreo
Spiny dogfish
Spiny red rock lobster
Sprats
Stout sprat
Striped marlin
Swordfish
Tarakihi
Tarakihi
Trachurus declivis
Trachurus novaezelandiae
Trevally
Triangle shell
Trough shell
Trumpeter
Tuatua
Turbot
Unidentifiable
Warty oreo
Westland petrel
White warehou
Whitebait
White-capped albatross
White-chinned petrel
Yellowbelly flounder
Yellow-eyed mullet
Yellow-eyed penguin
Yellowfin tuna
Yellowfoot paua
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76 items
Spp code
Code
Name
Customary significance
Rec. significance
Export value (NZ$m)
Export weight (000 tonnes)
BCO
BCO3
Blue Cod South East (Coas...
High
High
BCO
BCO5
Blue Cod Southland
High
High
BUT
BUT3
Butterfish South-East(Co...
BUT
BUT5
Butterfish Southland
BYA
BYA3
Frilled Venus Shell South...
BYA
BYA5
Frilled Venus Shell South...
BYA
BYA6
Frilled venus shell Sub-A...
COC
COC3
Cockle Otago
High
High
COC
COC5
Cockle Southland and Sub-...
High
High
DAN
DAN3
Ringed Dosinia South-East...
DAN
DAN5
Ringed Dosinia Southland
DAN
DAN6
Ringed dosinia Sub-Antarc...
DSU
DSU3
Silky dosinia South-East ...
DSU
DSU5
Silky dosinia Southland
DSU
DSU6
Silky dosinia Sub-Antarct...
ELE
ELE3
Elephant Fish 3 & 4 Combi...
Medium
Medium
ELE
ELE5
Elephant Fish 5 & 6 Combi...
Medium
Medium
FLA
FLA3
Flatfish 3, 4, 5 & 6 Comb...
GLM
GLM3
Green-lipped mussel 3, 4,...
High
High
GUR
GUR3
Gurnard South East (Coast...
Medium
Medium
HOR
HOR3
Horse Mussel South-East (...
HOR
HOR5
Horse Mussel Southland
HOR
HOR6
Horse Mussel Sub-Antarcti...
KWH
KWH3
Knobbed whelk South-East ...
KWH
KWH5
Knobbed whelk Southland
KWH
KWH6
Knobbed whelk Sub-Antarct...
MDI
MDI3
Trough Shell South-East (...
MDI
MDI5
Trough Shell Southland
MDI
MDI6
Trough shell Sub-Antarcti...
MMI
MMI3
Large trough shell South-...
MMI
MMI5
Large trough shell Southl...
MMI
MMI6
Large trough shell Sub-An...
MOK
MOK3
Blue Moki South East (Coa...
Medium
Medium
MOK
MOK5
Blue Moki Southland
Medium
Medium
OCT
OCT3
Octopus South-East(Coast)
Low
Low
OCT
OCT5
Octopus Southland
Low
Low
OCT
OCT6
Octopus Sub-Antarctic
Low
Low
OYS
OYS3
Dredge Oyster South-East ...
High
High
OYS
OYS5A
Dredge Oyster Non-Foveaux...
High
High
PAD
PAD3
Paddle Crab South-East(C...
PAD
PAD5
Paddle Crab Southland
PAD
PAD6
Paddle Crab Sub-Antarcti...
PPI
PPI3
Pipi South-East (Coast)
PPI
PPI5
Pipi Southland and Sub-An...
PZL
PZL3
Deepwater clam South-East...
PZL
PZL5
Deepwater clam Southland ...
QSC
QSC3
Queen Scallop South-East(...
QSC
QSC6
Queen Scallops Sub-Antar...
RCO
RCO3
Red Cod South East (Coast...
Medium
Medium
RSK
RSK3
Rough Skate 3, 4, 5 and 6...
SAE
SAE3
Triangle shell South-East...
SAE
SAE5
Triangle shell Southland
SAE
SAE6
Triangle shell Sub-Antarc...
SCA
SCA3
Scallop South-East and pa...
High
High
SCA
SCA5
Scallop Southland and Sub...
High
High
SCC
SCC3
Sea cucumber South-East (...
SCC
SCC5A
Sea cucumber Fiordland
SCC
SCC5B
Sea cucumber Southland an...
SCC
SCC6
Sea cucumber Sub-Antarcti...
SCH
SCH3
School Shark South East (...
Medium
Medium
SCH
SCH5
School Shark Southland
Medium
Medium
SPE
SPE3
Sea Perch South-East(Coas...
Medium
Medium
SPE
SPE5
Sea Perch Southland
Medium
Medium
STA
STA3
Stargazer South East (Coa...
Low
Low
STA
STA5
Stargazer Southland
Low
Low
SUR
SUR3
Kina South-East (Coast)
SUR
SUR5
Kina Southland
SUR
SUR6
Kina Sub-Antarctic
TAR
TAR3
Tarakihi South East (Coas...
High
High
TAR
TAR5
Tarakihi Southland
High
High
TRU
TRU3
Trumpeter South-East(Coas...
TRU
TRU5
Trumpeter Southland
TUA
TUA3
Tuatua South-East (Coast)
High
High
TUA
TUA5
Tuatua Southland and Sub-...
High
High
YEM
YEM3
Yellow Eyed Mullet South...
YEM
YEM5
Yellow Eyed Mullet South...
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Notes
Exports are calculated pro-rata to reported commercial catch for the calendar year 2025.
