option4 Submission to the IPP on Tarakihi Fisheries

It appears to option4 that industry has observed an apparently stable commercial catch rate at TAR 1 over the past ten years, and in the absence of sufficiently robust and reliable fisheries data, is making a “suck it and see” proposal to fish down the stock from what may well be a sustainable catch level. The TAR 1 fishery may be at BMSY now.

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