Download FAR 2012/11 New Zealand striped marlin recreational catch and effort 2010–11

This report summarises catch and effort data collected on billfish from recreational vessels using gamefish logbooks for the 2009–10 and 2010–11. An analysis of the 37 year time series of East Northland charter boat catch rates shows trends in availability and abundance of striped marlin in New Zealand. There is an increasing trend in standardised catch rate between 1987 and the mid 1990s and a decreasing trend since then.