New Zealand: Seamount Protection Considered To Protect Crashed Fish Stock
A decision to dramatically reduce catch limits in the world's largest orange roughy fishery is being welcomed by environmental groups, while they assert further protection is needed to prevent habitat and population collapse.
The Minister for Oceans and Fisheries, Shane Jones announced today that catch limits in the Chatham Rise, New Zealand's most important orange roughy fishing ground, will be slashed in half to 2,349 tonnes. In the 1980s the Chatham Rise fishery saw catch numbers of approximately 28,000 - 33,000 tonnes annually...
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