Download AEBR 233 Preparation of data for protected species capture estimation, updated to 2016–17

This report documents the preparation of data for the estimation of protected species captures in New Zealand commercial fisheries, up to the end of the 2016–17 fishing year. Recorded captures included captures of seabirds, marine mammals and turtles. The report describes the rationale for and impact of changes that were made to the processing of these data, when compared with the processing carried out in previous years.