Quota owners in the New Zealand hoki fishing sector are proactively choosing to reduce the amount of hoki they will catch next year, in response to changing patterns they are observing in one of the five hoki fishing grounds.
The decision includes shelving 20,000 metric tons of West Coast quota, which represents a 22 percent catch reduction. At the same time, industry leaders have agreed there will be no carryover of any uncaught West Coast quota from the 2017/2018 fishing year.
