Capture of sooty shearwater in deepwater trawl fisheries, in the Cook Strait area
Observed captures of sooty shearwater in deepwater trawl fisheries
Fishing effort and observations in deepwater trawl fisheries
Fishing effort and observed captures of sooty shearwater by month, 2020–21
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 2020–21 fishing year, there was no observed fishing in deepwater trawl fisheries in the Cook Strait area. No estimates of total captures were made.
