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Current Quota Species

The following is a list of all quota species, ordered by their three-letter species codes.

Species codeSpecies Name
ANC Anchovy
BAR Barracouta
BCO Blue Cod
BIG Bigeye Tuna
BNS Bluenose
BUT Butterfish
BWS Blue Shark
BYA Frilled Venus Shell
BYX Alfonsino & Long-finned Beryx
CDL Cardinal Fish
CHC Red Crab
COC Cockle
CRA Rock Lobster
DAN Ringed Dosinia
DSU Silky Dosinia
ELE Elephant Fish
EMA Blue Mackerel
FLA Flats
FRO Frostfish
GAR Garfish
GLM Green-lipped Mussel
GMU Grey Mullet
GSC Giant Spider Crab
GSH Ghost Shark
GSP Pale Ghost Shark
GUR Gurnard
HAK Hake
HOK Hoki
HOR Horse Mussel
HPB Hapuku & Bass
JDO John Dory
JMA Jack Mackerel
KAH Kahawai
KBB Bladder Kelp
KIC King Crab
KIN Kingfish
KWH Knobbed Whelk
LDO Lookdown Dory
LEA Leatherjacket
LFE Long-finned Eel
LIN Ling
MAK Mako Shark
MDI Trough Shell
MMI Large Trough Shell
MOK Moki
MOO Moonfish
OEO Oreos
ORH Orange Roughy
OYS Oysters Dredge
OYU Oysters Dredge
PAD Paddle Crab
PAR Parore
PAU Black Paua & Yellowfoot Paua
PDO Deepwater Tuatua
PHC Packhorse Rock Lobster
PIL Pilchard
POR Porae
POS Porbeagle Shark
PPI Pipi
PRK Prawn Killer
PTO Patagonian Toothfish
PZL Deepwater (King) Clam
QSC Queen Scallop
RBM Rays Bream
RBT Redbait
RBY Rubyfish
RCO Red Cod
RIB Ribaldo
RSK Rough Skate
RSN Red Snapper
SAE Triangle Shell
SBW Southern Blue Whiting
SCA Scallop
SCC Sea Cucumber
SCH School Shark
SCI Scampi
SFE Short-finned Freshwater Eel
SKI Gemfish
SNA Snapper
SPD Spiny Dogfish
SPE Sea Perch
SPO Rig
SPR Sprats
SQU Arrow Squid
SSK Smooth Skate
STA Giant Stargazer
STN Southern Bluefin Tuna
SUR Kina
SWA Silver Warehou
SWO Swordfish
TAR Tarakihi
TOR Pacific Bluefin Tuna
TRE Trevally
TRU Trumpeter
TUA Tuatua
WAR Common Warehou
WWA White Warehou
YEM Yellow-eyed Mullet
YFN Yellowfin Tuna

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Circular Change Codes

Following changes to the electronic reporting circulars that took effect on the 1st of September 2021, you will need to use updated codes in some of your electronic reporting.

These include:

  • Codes for reporting the 8 species of flatfish at a species level
  • Codes for reporting hapuku and bass at a species level

Please note: These codes only apply to your electronic reports. Flatfish (FLA) and Hapuku / Bass (HPB) can be reported at a group level in your Monthly Harvest Returns (MHRs) only.

Flatfish (FLA)

Species codeSpecies Name
BFL Black Flounder
BRI Brill
GFL Greenback Flounder
LSO Lemon Sole
ESO NZ Sole
SFL Sand Flounder
TUR Turbot
YBF Yellowbelly Flounder

Hapuku/ Bass (HPB)

Species codeSpecies Name
BAS Bass
HAP Hapuku

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