He said gurnard in the fishery area had been assessed this year and stock was "well above levels where sustainability is a concern".

There was no information to indicate a sustainability concern about snapper, with the ministry assessment suggesting "snapper abundance will continue to increase at current catch levels".

It was a similar situation for tarakihi. Groper, or hapuku, was managed as a combined stock with bass, and the ministry said there was "no information, scientific or otherwise, to indicate a management concern for either species".

some fisheries have miles too large an area and need to be divided up into smaller sections,

Gurnard Tarakihi Hapuku even Snapper all of which dont swim the full area of that given species,

so you cant claim one species will replenish another,

as for that one snapper with a tag in it from the HG recaught in Napier that was bull sh#t, more like a Comm playing stupid buggers to try influencing the out come of how fish are so spread out for their own convenience...

i hope LegaSea have some good results for those guys down there they definitely need it....