Orange roughy catch reduced

The Minister of Fisheries recently announced reductions in commercial catch limits for orange roughy from the start of the new fishing year on 1 October 2006. The commercial catch limits for orange roughy in the northern North Island (ORH1) were reduced by 43 percent to 800 tonnes per year and the commercial limits for the Chatham Rise and southern New Zealand fishery (ORH3B) reduced by almost 10 percent to 11,500 tonnes. The reduction for ORH1, however, is being challenged in court. An injunction against the Minister's decision is being sought by Anton Seafoods. There have been a number of other catch limit changes for “low knowledge” fish stocks and for rig in the top of the South Island, which also came into effect on 1 October 2006. More information can be found on the MFish website.

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