Download FAR 2014/33 Characterisation and length-based population model for scampi (Metanephrops challengeri) in the Bay of Plenty (SCI 1) and Hawke Bay/Wairarapa (SCI 2)

Assessments of SCI 1 and SCI 2 scampi stocks have been updated, and assessments for both were accepted. For SCI 1, SSB remains stable at around 70% SSB0. Fishing intensity has consistently been below F 40% Bo. For SCI 2, SSB has increased recently, and is around 65% SSBo. Fishing intensity peaked in 2002 but has declined in recent years, while SSB/SSBo has increased. For both stocks, future catches between 100 and 140 tonnes (to 2018) are not predicted to reduce the SSB below 40% SSBo.