Southern Blue Whiting - Annual Juvenile Distribution

The purpose of this information is to show the Annual juvenile distribution of Southern blue whiting Lineage - Document describing the data source used, history of changes, background information about the given layer, and references Creator - National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Publisher - Ministry for Primary Industries Contributor - Peter Horn, NIWA Custodian - Ministry for Primary Industries Jurisdiction of Custodian - New Zealand Rights - Crown Copyright Reserved. Subject - Annual distribution of juvenile southern blue whiting within the waters around New Zealand Source - Multiple sources - see Lineage for details Language - English Relation - QMAs, annual adult, spawning distribution of Southern Blue Whiting, Function - To ensure that fisheries are sustainably used within a healthy aquatic ecosystem Layer Type - biota Audience - All Mandate - New Zealand Biodiversity Strategy Progress - Completed Metadata - Compliant with NZGLS and ANZLIC Layer Information Species Common Name - Southern blue whiting Species Scientific Name - Micromesistius australis (Norman 1939) Species Maori Name - N/A Species Code - SBW Endangered Status - Not listed Season - Spawning Habitat Type - Demersal middle depths Minimum Depth - 180 m Maximum Depth - 700 m