Species Info
Southern Bluefin Tuna
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This is a large surface species of temperate seas of Australia and New Zealand. It arrives in the Fiordland region around December and moves both east and west coasts mostly along the edge of the continental shelf.
Snapper
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The most abundant commercial species in New Zealand, with most taken north of Cook Strait, it does, however, wander south to Banks Peninsula in summer months.
Hapuku
A well known food fish, this species is widely distributed about our shores in depths from
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A few metres down to about 240 metres on any kind of ground. It is subject to heavy fishing pressure and is now more abundant in deeper water.
Brown trout
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Colour very variable - sea-run fish olive on back, silvery on side, whitish on belly with indistinct spots.
Warehou
Well known to southern trawlermen and net fishermen, this species is widely distributed about South Island and southern North Island coasts.
Trumpeter
The trumpeter's normal centre of abundance is about and south of Cook Strait, although winter stragglers may reach Doubtless Bay in the North of the North Island..
Trevally
Tarakihi
Rudd
Rudd are an attractive fish of slow moving rivers and lakes.
Perch
An introduced species of stillwater and slow moving rivers with good water quality, perch are voracious predators preying on insects and small fishes.
Brook trout
Rainbow Trout
Tench
An acclimatised species, tench are a large fish of slow waters and lakes able to tolerate high levels of turbidity.
Broadbill Swordfish
A cosmopolitan oceanic species, more abundant in temperate than tropical seas which is found throughout our area.
Blue Marlin
One of the largest of the marlins, blues are a sought after summer visitor in New Zealand's primarily striped marlin fishery.
Black Marlin
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