Commercial fisheries valued at $3.8 billion

The asset value of New Zealand's commercial fish resource, as managed under the quota management system (QMS), is estimated at $3.8 billion, Statistics New Zealand says. The information derives from the Fish Monetary Stock Account. From 1996 to 2006, New Zealand's commercial fish resource is estimated to have increased in value by 40 percent, from $2.7 billion in 1996 to $3.8 billion in 2006. Although the number of species managed under the QMS has also increased over this period, from 32 to 94, 10 species are responsible for the majority of the total value.

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