Red Gurnards are a bycatch species from demersal trawling. They are also caught with Danish seines, longlines and gillnets. They are also found in New Zealand, South Africa, Japan and China. They mostly inhabit shallow coastal waters over sandy substrates, but have been reported from shelf waters to 180m depth. Spawning appears to take place in summer and larvae are found off eastern Tasmania in late January.
Juveniles inhabit inshore nursery areas.
Red Gurnards live for over 10 years, growing to 60cm length and about 3 kg. Red Gurnards are sold whole chilled on domestic markets. Click here for a complete listing of pages on the Sea-Ex site.