Capture of sooty shearwater in mullet setnet fisheries, in the Northland and Hauraki area
Observed captures of sooty shearwater in mullet setnet fisheries
Fishing effort and observations in mullet setnet 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 mullet setnet fisheries in the Northland and Hauraki area. No estimates of total captures were made.
