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A Southland fish

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A Southland fish

The blue cod is found in waters off Southland, and the region holds two-thirds of the blue cod quota for New Zealand. The fish has been popular in New Zealand and Australia since the 1920s, and is now also sold in Asia.

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David Grant, Southland region – Fishing, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/20124/a-southland-fish (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by David Grant, published 2 March 2009, updated 1 May 2015.