 Spawning time ranges all the way from spring to autumn – September to May – and ovulating females have been reported all year round (Clearwater & Pankhurst, 1994), but peak spawning time is in late spring and early summer – November and December (Rainer & Reyes, 2019; Roberts, et al., 2015).The end of the spawning season coincides with decreasing day length and increasing temperature, which are possibly used as regulatory indicators.The eggs and the larvae growth are in surface waters (Ministry for Primary Industries, 2008).