SCIENTISTS ESTIMATE THAT AS MUCH AS 80% HYDROSPHERES

OF NEW ZEALAND’S INDIGENOUS MMarinearine BIODIVERSITY MAY BE ENVIRONMENTS FOUND IN THE SEA.

YET LESS THAN PELAGIC FISHERIES DEPTH: SURFACE WATERS 1% OF OUR MARINE TO 200 METRES. FISHING METHOD: PURSE % ENVIRONMENT HAS BEEN SEINING, MID-WATER TRAWL, SURVEYED TO THE SAME OCEAN TROLLING AND 1 DEGREE OF DETAIL AS SURFACE LONGLINING. FISH CAUGHT: TUNA, THE LAND. MACKEREL, BARRACOUTA, AND KAHAWAI.

INSHORE FISHERIES DEPTH: NEAR SHORE UP TO 200 METRES. FISHING METHOD: CRUSTACEANS TRAWLING, SET NETTING, DANISH AND SHELLFISH SEINING, POTTING AND BOTTOM DEPTH: INSHORE WATERS. LONGLINING. FISH CAUGHT: FISHING METHOD: DREDGING, SNAPPER, RED COD, BLUE COD, POTTING AND DIVING. BLUENOSE, MONKFISH, TARAKIHI, WAREHOU, GURNARD, FISH CAUGHT: SPINY ROCK TREVALLY, RIG, BLUE MOKI, LOBSTER (CRAYFISH), PAUA FLOUNDER, GROPER/HAPUKU, (ABALONE), SCALLOPS, OYSTERS, TURBOT AND JOHN DORY. CLAMS, COCKLES, AND CRAB MIDDLE-DEPTH FROM SHALLOW INSHORE FISHERIES WATERS, (SCAMPI AND QUEEN DEPTH: 200-600 METRES. SCALLOPS FROM DEEPER WATER). FISHING METHOD: MID-WATER AND BOTTOM TRAWLING, AQUACULTURE BOTTOM LONGLINING AND DEPTH: INSHORE JIGGING. FISH CAUGHT: HOKI, DEEP-WATER SQUID, HAKE, LING, CULTIVATION METHOD: MARINE FISHERIES BARRACOUTA, SOUTHERN FARMING USING ROPE CULTURE, TRAYS DEPTH: 600-1000 METRES. BLUE WHITING OR SEA CAGES AND ON-SHORE TANKS. FISHING METHOD: TRAWLING AND WAREHOU. SPECIES FARMED: GREENSHELL(TM) WITH SPECIALISED GEAR AND MUSSELS, KING SALMON, BOTTOM LONG LINING. PACIFIC OYSTERS, PAUA (ABALONE). FISH CAUGHT: ORANGE ROUGHY, FURTHER POTENTIAL AQUACULTURE CARDINAL, ALFONSINO, LING, SPECIES INCLUDE: TURBOT, KINGFISH, TOOTHFISH AND OREO DORY. EELS, ROCK LOBSTER, HAPUKU, SEA HORSES, BLUFF OYSTERS, GEODUCK CLAMS AS WELL www.seafood.co.nz AS SOME SEAWEEDS AND SPONGES.