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Sperm whale © Whale Watch Kaikoura Finfish Maximum daily limit Minimum length Species What is the ‘telson clipping’ rule? per fisher (cm) The telson is the central part of the tail fan on a Blue 6 33 rock lobster. Tarakihi 10 25 Telson clipping is a way of marking spiny rock Sea Perch 20 26 lobster to make it clear that they have been Kahawai 10 No limit recreationally caught. One-third of the telson is cut Butterfish 10 35 off so that it is noticeably shorter than the other Red Moki NO TAKE sections of the tail fan. (See the picture below). 10 40 Rig 3 No limit School shark 3 No limit Kingfish 75 Bass and Hapuku Daily combined bag No limit limit of five per person Bluenose No limit with a maximum of 3 Ling of any one species No limit Albacore tuna No limit Game sharks (seven-gilled shark, mako shark, blue shark, 1 game shark No limit hammerhead shark, porbeagle total One-third of the shark, thresher shark) central telson Shellfish has been clipped. Maximum daily limit Minimum size Species per fisher (mm) Photo: Professional Skipper magazine Ordinary paua 6 125 Under the new rules, once a fisher has checked Yellow foot paua 6 80 that a lobster is legal size, condition and not Pupu (Cat’s eye) 20 No limit subject to any other protections (i.e. carrying eggs) Cockles 50 No limit they must immediately cut one-third off the telson. Kina 20 No limit A person must not possess any spiny rock lobster All “other shellfish” as 30 No limit taken from within the Kaikōura Marine Area if it specified in the regulations has not had one-third of the telson cut off. Seaweed

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5 litre wet volume measured in Require hand How do I find out more? Karengo a 5 litre bucket gathering Use one of our FREE services: »» Download our free Smartphone app by 5 litre wet volume measured in Require hand Bladder kelp texting the word ‘app’ to 9889 OR by a 5 litre bucket gathering scanning the QR code. The app works even when you have no coverage. Rock Lobster »»Free text the name of the species you Maximum daily Species Restriction are fishing for (e.g. or paua) to limit per fisher 9889 and receive legal size and bag limit Size limits remain unchanged. via return text. Telson clipping now required for Rock Lobster 6 spiny rock lobster. »» Visit www.mpi.govt.nz for a full Accumulation limit of 18 (3 day recreational fishing rules brochure for take) for spiny rock lobster the Kaikōura Marine Area.

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