Seafood
Labour Market Dynamics
- Median quarterly earnings for workers in the Aquaculture and Seafood Processing industries tend to be lower than the national average as shown across ‘All industries’. Overall median earnings have increased for all the Seafood industries, particularly for those working in Seafood processing.
- Demand for workers as shown in the number of filled jobs within Seafood has remained relatively stable over time, taking account of seasonal variability, however, quarterly worker turnover rates show volatility in the workforce.
- The Aquaculture and Seafood processing industries have also seen a small decrease in quarterly turnover rates reflecting a more stable workforce, and both are lower than the average across Muka Tangata industries.
Industry dataset (economic indicators and labour market dynamics) 
Source: Linked Employer-Employee Data, Stats NZ1
In these charts we provide two benchmarks for reference: 'agriculture, forestry and fishing' which covers all industries involved in growing crops, raising animals, growing and harvesting timber, and harvesting fish and other animals from farms or their natural habitats, and a benchmark for 'all industries' which includes every industry group in New Zealand.
Linked Employer-Employee Data (LEED) data is produced by Stats New Zealand quarterly to measure labour market dynamics. There is a lag in data availability of around 14 months due to the time it takes for the data to be completed by employers, to flow through Inland Revenue, and for Stats NZ to undertake relevant transformations and quality checks2. Here, we show the most recent data available at the time of publishing.
LEED data is available at the ANZSIC ‘group’ level, which is a broader level of classification than the ANZSIC class codes used for the workforce estimates. The relevant ANZSIC groups here are 020 Aquaculture,041 Fishing3, and 112 Seafood Processing4.
Aquaculture includes 0201 Offshore Longline and Rack Aquaculture, 0202 Offshore Caged Aquaculture, and 0203 Onshore Aquaculture. Fishing includes 0411 Rock Lobster and Crab Potting, 0412 Prawn Fishing, 0413 Line Fishing, 0414 Fish Trawling, Seining and Netting, and 0419 Other Fishing. Seafood processing includes businesses involved in skinning or shelling, grading, filleting, boning, crumbing, battering, and freezing of the seafood.
Footnotes
1. Statistics New Zealand, “A Guide to Interpreting Official Quarterly Statistics Produced from the Linked Employer-Employee Data (LEED).,” Statistics New Zealand, July 29, 2009, https://www.stats.govt.nz/methods/guide-to-interpreting-the-leed-data.
2. Statistics New Zealand.
3. Australian Bureau of Statistics, “Aquaculture: Subdivision 02,” June 26, 2013, https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/classifications/australian-and-new-zealand-standard-industrial-classification-anzsic/2006-revision-2-0/detailed-classification/a/02.
4. Australian Bureau of Statistics, “Seafood Processing - Group 112,” June 26, 2013, https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/classifications/australian-and-new-zealand-standard-industrial-classification-anzsic/2006-revision-2-0/detailed-classification/c/11/112.