Download FAR 2025/42 Catches, size, and age structure of the 2023–24 hoki fishery and a summary of input data used for the 2025 stock assessment

This report updates the catches, length-at-age and catch-at-age data for hoki in the 2023–24 fishing year. Data in this report were incorporated in the model for the hoki stock assessment in 2025.

The overall hoki catch in the 2023–24 fishing year was higher than the catch in 2022–23. Catch increased in Chatham Rise, west coast South Island, and east coast South Island, but decreased in Cook Strait and Sub-Antarctic. The catch-per-unit-effort indices varied by area but were all at or above the long-term average.

Most of the catch in 2023–24 was of hoki 45–90 cm in length from the 2007–22 year-classes. The most recent (2021 and 2022) year-classes appear to be lower than average.