Download FAR 2013/27 Assessment of hoki (Macruronus novaezelandiae) in 2012

An updated assessment is presented for hoki. New biomass indices were: Chatham Rise trawl survey January 2012, Sub-Antarctic trawl survey December 2011, and Cook Strait acoustic survey of spawning hoki winter 2011. New proportions-at-age data came from the four fisheries and the two trawl surveys. Both the eastern and western hoki stocks are estimated to be increasing after reaching their lowest levels in about 2005.