Capture of sooty shearwater in bottom longline fisheries, in the West Coast North Island area
Observed captures of sooty shearwater in bottom longline fisheries
Fishing effort and observations in bottom longline fisheries
Sooty shearwater (Puffinus griseus) breed in southern New Zealand. They are frequently reported caught in New Zealand fisheries, particularly in southern trawl fisheries. Sooty shearwater chicks are also harvested as muttonbirds.
In the 2002–03 fishing year, there was no observed fishing in bottom longline fisheries in the West Coast North Island area. No estimates of total captures were made.
