Download FAR 2014/21 Assessment of the eel fishery in the Pouto Lakes in Northern Kaipara

Eel populations were sampled from seven lakes along the Pouto Peninsula that were selected by Te Uri o Hau. Eel population structure was typical of the Northland region being dominated by shortfin eels (93%), and catch-per-unit-effort (CPUE) (5.08 kg/net/night) was similar to the mean commercial unstandardised CPUE of 4.2 kg/lift. Shortfin eels aged were 12 years old on average and displayed average annual length and weight increases of 42.42 mm/year and 30.07 g/year respectively.