Fisheries Infosite

Short-finned eel Lake Ellesmere (SFE13)
Maori name
Scientific name
Anguilla australis, A. reinhardtii

2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 
for the 12 month period to 31/01/2025
Commercial use
Reported catch MHR (kg) 51,655
Commercial allowance TACC (kg) 134,120
Estimated domestic consumption (kg) Unknown

Reported catch by month* - Trend
Reported catch by month* - Seasonality
Customary use
Customary allowance (kg) 34,380
Customary take (kg) Unknown

Recreational use
Recreational allowance (kg) 3,440
Recreational take (kg) Unknown

Other sources of mortality
Other mortality allowance (kg)  
Illegal take (kg) Unknown 

Commercial Catch vs. Allowance* - Trend
*All amounts are shown in thousands of kgs.