Yellowtail kingfish

Yellowtail kingfish is farmed increasingly at more places. The young fish used for the aquaculture do not come from the wild. the farming in cages in the sea is not the most environmental friendly option due to fact that not eaten feed and waste come directly in the sea and diseases spread easily to and from wild fish. There is still relatively much wild fish needed for the farming of this fish: for 1 kg farmed fish about 4 kg wild fish is caught.

Yellowtail kingfish is a popular fish in New-Zealand, for both professional and recreational fishermen. Catches are being monitored, but the size of the stock is unknown.

The handline fishery is very selective with little bycatchBycatch:
Species caught next to species targeted for fishery. By-catches can consist of non-commercial species and species that are too small, and can be kept (this part is sometimes called by-product) or thrown back into the sea (discards).   and no discards(EN) Discards:
Unwanted by-catch, which is thrown back because there is no quota, the market price is too low, or the fish is below the legal minimum landing size. Discards can be alive or dead.. For this fishery baitfish are caught. The long-term consequences of catching baitfish are unclear but probably minimal. The fishery does no damage to vulnerable [habitats].

The management of this fishery in New-Zealand waters is partially effective.

Yellowtail kingfish is farmed increasingly at more places. The young fish used for the aquaculture do not come from the wild. the farming in cages in the sea is not the most environmental friendly option due to fact that not eaten feed and waste come directly in the sea and diseases spread easily to and from wild fish. The management and feed used differs strongly between Asian countries and farms. At some farms industrial feed is used but there is also still feeding with locally caught small “trash fish”.

Yellowtail kingfish is a popular fish in New-Zealand, for both professional and recreational fishermen. Catches are being monitored, but the size of the stock is unknown.

There is no focused fishery on this fish, but is a popular bycatch in several fisheries. In these fisheries there are several problems: in longline and gillnet fisheries there is bycatch of seabirds and dolphins. Trawling fisheries have bycatch of dolphins and besides that they do heavy damage to the bottom ecosystem.

The management of this fishery in New-Zealand waters is partially effective.