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NZ Species Codes

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How Do I Know What Stock Code to Use?

Many of our online reports require a stock code to be entered. Stock codes are a species code with a Quota Management Area (QMA) number attached (as explained below).

To effectively manage the 99 species (or groups of species) of fish and shellfish under the Quota Management System (QMS) each species is separated into different fish stocks (643 in total) based on geographical distribution. Each fish stock has a species code and a QMA code. Total Allowable Commercial Catch (TACC) is then allocated to a stock code, representing a species in a particular area (QMA).

The stock code is the species code (listed in the table below) with a QMA number next to it (e.g. SNA10 for snapper in Area 10). Each species has unique QMAs based on understanding of where the stocks live. The map shows the general QMA areas.

Reports can be generated for multiple stock codes of a specific species and for multiple species.

Species Code

Species Name

Fishing Year

ANC

Anchovy

Oct

BAR

Barracouta

Oct

BCO

Blue Cod

Oct

BIG

Bigeye Tuna

Oct

BNS

Bluenose

Oct

BUT

Butterfish

Oct

BWS

Blue Shark

Oct

BYA

Frilled Venus Shell

Apr

BYX

Alfonsino & Long-finned Beryx

Oct

CDL

Cardinal Fish

Oct

CHC

Red Crab

Apr

COC

Cockle

Oct

CRA

Spiny Red Rock Lobster

Apr

DAN

Ringed Dosinia

Apr

DSU

Silky Dosinia

Apr

ELE

Elephant Fish

Oct

EMA

Blue Mackerel

Oct

FLA

Flatfish

Oct

FRO

Frostfish

Oct

GAR

Garfish

Oct

GLM

Green-Lipped Mussel

Apr / Oct

GMU

Grey Mullet

Oct

GSC

Giant Spider Crab

Apr

GSH

Ghost Shark

Oct

GSP

Pale Ghost Shark

Oct

GUR

Gurnard

Oct

HAK

Hake

Oct

HOK

Hoki

Oct

HOR

Horse Mussel

Apr

HPB

Hapuku & Bass

Oct

JDO

John Dory

Oct

JMA

Jack Mackerel

Oct

KAH

Kahawai

Oct

KBB

Bladder Kelp

Oct

KIC

King Crab

Apr

KIN

Kingfish

Oct

KWH

Knobbed Whelk

Oct

LDO

Lookdown Dory

Oct

LEA

Leatherjacket

Oct

LFE

Long-Finned Freshwater Eel

Oct / Feb

LIN

Ling

Oct

MAK

Mako Shark

Oct

MDI

Trough Shell

Apr

MMI

Large Trough Shell

Apr

MOK

Blue Moki

Oct

MOO

Moonfish

Oct

OEO

Oreos

Oct

ORH

Orange Roughy

Oct

OYS

Oysters, Dredge (Except Foveaux Strait)

Oct

OYU

Oysters Dredge (Foveaux Strait)

Oct

PAD

Paddle Crab

Oct

PAR

Parore

Oct

PAU

Black Paua & Yellowfoot Paua

Oct

PDO

Southern Tuatua

Apr

PHC

Packhorse Rock Lobster

Apr

PIL

Pilchard

Oct

POR

Porae

Oct

POS

Porbeagle Shark

Oct

PPI

Pipi

Oct

PRK

Prawn Killer

Oct

PTO

Patagonian Toothfish

Oct

PZL

Deepwater Clam

Oct

QSC

Queen Scallop

Oct

RBM

Ray's Bream

Oct

RBT

Redbait

Oct

RBY

Rubyfish

Oct

RCO

Red Cod

Oct

RIB

Ribaldo

Oct

RSK

Rough Skate

Oct

RSN

Red Snapper

Oct

SAE

Triangle Shell

Apr

SBW

Southern Blue Whiting

Apr

SCA

Scallop

Apr

SCC

Sea Cucumber

Apr

SCH

School Shark

Oct

SCI

Scampi

Oct

SFE

Short-Finned Freshwater Eel

Oct / Feb

SKI

Gemfish

Oct

SNA

Snapper

Oct

SPD

Spiny Dogfish

Oct

SPE

Sea Perch

Oct

SPO

Rig

Oct

SPR

Sprats

Oct

SQU

Arrow Squid

Oct

SSK

Smooth Skate

Oct

STA

Giant Stargazer

Oct

STN

Southern Bluefin Tuna

Oct

SUR

Kina

Oct

SWA

Silver Warehou

Oct

SWO

Swordfish

Oct

TAR

Tarakihi

Oct

TOR

Pacific Bluefin Tuna

Oct

TRE

Trevally

Oct

TRU

Trumpeter

Oct

TUA

Tuatua

Oct

WAR

Common Warehou

Oct

WWA

White Warehou

Oct

YEM

Yellow-eyed Mullet

Oct

YFN

Yellowfin Tuna

Oct

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