11592 (2024). Teanau Tuiono to the Minister for Oceans and Fisheries

11592 (2024). Teanau Tuiono to the Minister for Oceans and Fisheries: What percentage of turtles, reported as being caught by fishers in New Zealand's EEZ since the start of the 23-24 fishing year, were leatherback turtles?

Hon Shane Jones: I am advised that since the start of the 2023/24 October fishing year, 89 percent of turtles captured by commercial fishers in New Zealand’s EEZ were leatherback turtles. Note that all of these were reported as released alive.