Download AEBR 158 Fish and invertebrate bycatch in New Zealand deepwater fisheries from 1990–91 until 2012–13

This report provides estimates of annual levels of individual fish and invertebrate species bycatch in eight fisheries across nine New Zealand Tier-1 deepwater species, for 1990–91 to 2012–13. Commercial catch-effort data were used to scale up rates calculated from the observed fishery. Summary tables detail the annual bycatch and bycatch trend for each species or species group.