Download FAR 2023/18 Quantifying effects of reporting changes for pāua (Haliotis iris) catch-per-unit-effort

The present study assessed potential differences in reporting patterns of pāua fishing effort, following the recent change from Pāua Catch Effort Landing Return forms to an electronic reporting system. Effort data were analysed over a comparable three-year time period pre- and post-reporting change. The findings of this analysis indicate that changes in effort reporting had a limited impact on pāua catch-per-unit-effort indices across quota management areas.