This report details an implementation of the Spatially Explicit Fisheries Risk Assessment (SEFRA) framework to seabirds in the New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone, attempting to quantify the impact of New Zealand commercial fisheries on New Zealand populations of seventy-one seabird species. As part of the project both the biological and fishery input data have been updated, as well as the structure of the model itself.

This report provides a comprehensive overview of biological inputs for assessment of the risk of New Zealand commercial fisheries to New Zealand seabird populations and was generated as part of Fisheries New Zealand project PRO2019-10. The biological inputs were reviewed and updated where necessary, focusing on high-risk or highly abundant species, and restructured for the updated model formulation. The risk assessment model is described in an accompanying AEBR.