Capture of sooty shearwater in southern bluefin longline fisheries, in the West Coast North Island area
Observed captures of sooty shearwater in southern bluefin longline fisheries
Fishing effort and observations in southern bluefin longline fisheries
Fishing effort and observed captures of sooty shearwater by month, 2014–15
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 2014–15 fishing year, there was no observed fishing in southern bluefin longline fisheries in the West Coast North Island area. No estimates of total captures were made.
