Download FAR 2022/58 Monitoring commercial eel fisheries: 2018–19 to 2020–21

The commercial eel (longfin, Anguilla dieffenbachii; shortfin, A. australis) monitoring programme captures processor recorded data from individual landings throughout New Zealand on eel catch weights, species composition, size grades, and catch location at the catchment level. This report provides detailed results from the 2018–19 to 2020–21 fishing years and also examines trends in the North Island and South Island time series from 2003–04 to 2020–21.