AEBAR informs our decision-making

The Aquatic environment and biodiversity annual review (AEBAR) 2019-2020 represents the best scientific information as at June 2020 on the:

• effects of fishing on the environment
• marine biodiversity
• aquatic environments.

The information in the review helps Fisheries New Zealand with its decision‐making.

You can either download the full report or individual chapters.

The full AEBAR report

Aquatic environment and biodiversity annual review (AEBAR) – 2019/20

AEBAR chapters

• Chapter 1 – Introduction [PDF, 278 KB]
• Chapter 2 – Research themes [PDF, 156 KB]
• Chapter 3 – Spatially explicit fisheries risk assessment (SEFRA) [PDF, 2.2 MB]
• Chapter 4 – New Zealand sea lion (Phocarctos hookeri) [PDF, 2.7 MB]
• Chapter 5 – New Zealand fur seal (Arctocephalus forsteri) [PDF, 1.6 MB]
• Chapter 6 – Hector's and Māui dolphins [PDF, 3.3 MB]
• Chapter 7 – Common dolphins (Delphinus delphi delphi) [PDF, ]
• Chapter 8 – Seabirds [PDF, 5.2 MB]
• Chapter 9 – Non-target fish and invertebrate catch [PDF, 3.2 MB]
• Chapter 10 – Chondrichthyans (sharks, rays and chimaeras) [PDF, 1.5 MB]
• Chapter 11 – Benthic (seabed) impacts [PDF, 2.6 MB]
• Chapter 12 – New Zealand climate and ocean setting [PDF, 2 MB]
• Chapter 13 – Trophic and ecosystem-level effects [PDF, 848 KB]
• Chapter 14 – Habitats of particular significance for fisheries management (HPSFM) [PDF, 490 KB]
• Chapter 15 – Land-based effects on the coastal environment [PDF, 652 KB]
• Chapter 16 – Ecological effects of marine aquaculture [PDF, 1.6 MB]
• Chapter 17 – Antarctic science [PDF, 2.7 MB]
• Chapter 18 – Biodiversity [PDF, 1024 KB]
• Chapter 19 – Appendices [PDF, 2.2 MB]

Note: The AEBAR is supported by more detailed reports and scientific papers published online each year.