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As with other countries, New Zealand’s 200 nautical miles exclusive economic zone gives its fishing industry special fishing rights.〔 *( United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea - Part V ) 〕 It covers 4.1 million square kilometres. This is the sixth largest zone in the world, and is fourteen times the land area of New Zealand itself.〔(New Zealand’s marine area ) Ministry for the Environment.〕〔Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (2007) ( Environmental Performance Review:New Zealand ) p. 207. 〕 The zone has a rich and unusually complex underwater topography. Over 15,000 marine species are known to live there, about ten percent of the world's diversity. Many of these are migratory species, but New Zealand's isolation means also that many of the marine species are unique to New Zealand.〔(''Fisheries and their ecosystems.'' ) NZ Ministry of Fisheries. Retrieved 13 June 2008.〕 ==Statistics== New Zealand's wild fisheries captured 441,000 tonnes and earned over NZ$1 billion in exports in the fishing year 2006/07. The aquaculture of mussels, salmon and oysters earned another $226 million. This made seafood the country’s fifth largest export earner.〔(New Zealand Ministry of Fisheries: NZ Fisheries at a Glance ) Retrieved 11 June 2008〕 There are about two tonnes of fish in the New Zealand fisheries for every New Zealander. Just under ten percent of this stock is harvested each year.〔Seafriends: (Why is New Zealand so special? )〕 In the fishing year 2006/07, there were 1,316 commercial fishing vessels and 229 processors and licensed fish receivers, employing 7,155 people.〔 About 1.2 million or 31 percent of New Zealanders engage, at least occasionally, in recreational fishing with an annual recreational take of about 25,000 tonnes.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Fishing industry in New Zealand」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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