This document summarises the observational and research data for southern blue whiting to 2017. Included here are time series of relative abundance from the wide area R.V. Tangaroa acoustic surveys, as well as from local area aggregation industry vessel acoustic surveys, CPUE indices for Bounty Platform and Campbell Island Rise, and trawl survey indices for the Auckland Islands Shelf, Campbell Island Rise, and Pukaki Rise, as well as updated time series of length-at-age and catch-at-age.

Executive Summary Report

The 2016 Kaikōura earthquake caused extensive uplift along the north-eastern coastline of the South Island of New Zealand. The disturbance resulted in damage to rocky reefs and widespread mortality of marine organisms, including important taonga and habitat-forming species such as pāua and bull kelp. This report describes the results of nearshore surveys at long-term monitoring sites between 2.5 and 3.5 years after the earthquake to assess the trajectories of recovery of rocky reef communities

This document updates and summarises the catch and effort data available for BCO 5 from 1990 to 2018 (1989–90 to 2017–18 fishing years). Standardised CPUE analysis was updated for Statistical Areas 025, 027, and 030 as separate and combined indices. Additionally, an area-weighted combined CPUE series was developed. The three individual annual indices for Statistical Areas 025, 027, and 030 went on to be used in the 2019 BCO 5 stock assessment.

The purpose of this discussion document is to collate and review information from overseas and New Zealand regarding bacterial pathogens in dried ready-to-eat (RTE) meats.