Over the last few decades, a key part of risk assessment is evaluating the distributional overlap of fish with the commercial fisheries, where fish distribution is influenced by habitat use. We synthesise published observations of habitat use for different life history stages of Chondrichthyans and hypothesise the associated catch composition in terms of sex, size, and maturity. We then searched for these catch compositions and locations using New Zealand research vessel catch data. Results show that some life history stages and habitats can be identified, whereas others cannot. More results will be presented at the conference.