NZ Wild Hoki
Key Information
Family
Hoki belong to the Merlucciidae family and are related to hake.
Physical attributes
Dark purple-blue along the back, shading to paler iridescent blue on the upper side and mirror-like silver below. The fins are dark grey. Hoki have a long tapered body. The eyes and jaws are large.
Dark purple-blue along the back, shading to paler iridescent blue on the upper side and mirror-like silver below. The fins are dark grey. Hoki have a long tapered body. The eyes and jaws are large.
Sustainability
Hoki has been certified as sustainable by the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC), the global gold standard for sustainability, since March 2001. It was re-certified in October 2007, August 2012 and again in 2016.
Hoki is also managed by the Ministry for Primary Industries using the New Zealand Quota Management System (QMS). Hoki are managed as two separate stocks, an eastern and a western stock. The two biological stocks of Hoki are subject to extensive scientific monitoring, with up to 3 research surveys completed every year and an annual stock assessment.
Hoki has been certified as sustainable by the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC), the global gold standard for sustainability, since March 2001. It was re-certified in October 2007, August 2012 and again in 2016.
Hoki is also managed by the Ministry for Primary Industries using the New Zealand Quota Management System (QMS). Hoki are managed as two separate stocks, an eastern and a western stock. The two biological stocks of Hoki are subject to extensive scientific monitoring, with up to 3 research surveys completed every year and an annual stock assessment.
Geographical location
Hoki lives mainly in the middle water at depths from 300-900 metres and can be caught all around New Zealand.
Hoki lives mainly in the middle water at depths from 300-900 metres and can be caught all around New Zealand.
Market Names
New Zealand: Hoki, Blue Grenadier, Blue Hake, Whiptail
Spain: Merluza Azul
Australia: Hoki, Blue Grenadier
Italy: Nasello Azzurro
Germany: Langschwanz-Seehecht
European Union: Blue Grenadier
Commonwealth of Independent States: Novozelandskiy macruronus
Locations Caught
