Download FAR 2025/15 Results of the 2022–23 Pāua Catch Sampling project

Cooper, J.P.; McCowan, T.A. (2025). Results of the 2022–23 Pāua Catch Sampling project. New Zealand Fisheries Assessment Report 2025/15. 29 p.

This report summarises pāua shell length information collected by sampling the commercial catch from areas PAU 2, PAU 3A, PAU 3B, PAU 4, PAU 5A, PAU 5B, PAU 5D and PAU 7 during the 2022–23 fishing year.

The length frequency distributions were typical of commercial pāua fisheries, and consistent with previous years.