2013/482 Fisheries (Amateur Fishing) Regulations 2013 Jerry Mateparae, Governor-General Order in Council At Wellington this 9th day of December 2013 Present: The Right Hon John Key presiding in Council Pursuant to section 297 of the Fisheries Act 1996, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council, makes the following regulations. Contents Page 1 Title 11 2 Commencement 11 Part 1 Preliminary provisions Subpart 1—Preliminary matters 3 Application 11 4 Conflict between general provisions and specific 12 provisions in these regulations 5 Conflict between these regulations and other regulations 12 Subpart 2—Interpretation 6 Interpretation: general 12 1 Fisheries (Amateur Fishing) Regulations 2013 2013/482 7 Interpretation: fishery management areas 13 8 Interpretation: fish species 14 9 Interpretation: fishing gear and methods 19 10 Determining net mesh size 22 Part 2 General provisions Subpart 1—Daily limits 11 Daily limit for eels 22 12 Daily limits for shellfish 23 13 Daily limit for rock lobsters 23 14 Daily limit for dredge oysters or scallops if safety person 24 on board vessel 15 Daily limit for dredge oysters or scallops if 2 or more 24 safety persons on board vessel 16 Accumulation limit for paua 25 17 Daily limit for quinnat salmon 26 Subpart 2—Minimum species length and net mesh size Species length 18 Minimum length for fish 26 19 Minimum length for shellfish 27 20 Shellfish to be measurable 27 21 Return of unlawfully taken or undersize fish, shellfish, 27 and aquatic life Net mesh size 22 Minimum net mesh size 28 Subpart 3—Restrictions and prohibitions 23 Further restrictions on taking or possessing quinnat 28 salmon 24 Prohibition on possessing live brown bullhead catfish 29 25 Prohibition on taking, possessing, or disturbing toheroa 29 26 Prohibition on opening oysters 30 27 Prohibition on taking or possessing oysters in South Island 30 during closed season 28 Prohibition on taking or possessing scallops during closed 30 season 29 Prohibition on taking rock lobsters, or possessing rock 30 lobsters taken, by prohibited method 30 Prohibition on taking or possessing undersize rock 31 lobsters 2 Fisheries (Amateur Fishing) 2013/482 Regulations 2013 31 Prohibition on taking or possessing rock lobsters in 31 prohibited states 32 Prohibition on taking or possessing black coral 32 Subpart 4—Fishing gear Nets 33 Nets must be marked with name 32 34 Restrictions relating to set nets 33 35 Restrictions relating to drag nets 33 36 Restrictions relating to fyke nets 33 37 Restrictions relating to use of nets in channels 34 38 Restriction on using poles or stakes in conjunction with 34 net 39 Prohibition on hauling, etc, of nets except by hand 35 40 Prohibition on stalling 35 41 Use of landing net 35 Lines 42 Restrictions on line fishing 35 Pots 43 Maximum number of pots 36 44 Pots must be marked with name 37 45 Prohibition on using or possessing rock lobster pot 37 without escape apertures 46 Prohibition on using certain loops to take rock lobsters 38 47 Octopus pots 39 Underwater breathing apparatus for taking paua 48 Prohibition on using underwater breathing apparatus for 39 taking paua General 49 Prohibition on possessing fish in conjunction with 40 unlawful nets, traps, or lines Subpart 5—Fish, aquatic life, or seaweed taken for hui or tangi or approved traditional non-commercial fishing use 50 Fish, aquatic life, or seaweed taken under authorisation 40 for hui or tangi 51 Issue of authorisation by authorised representative 41 52 Fish, aquatic life, or seaweed taken for approved 42 traditional non-commercial fishing use 3 Fisheries (Amateur Fishing) Regulations 2013 2013/482 Subpart 6—Amateur-fishing charter vessels 53 Registration of amateur-fishing charter vessel operator 43 54 Reporting obligations of amateur-fishing charter vessel 44 operator Part 3 Auckland and Kermadec FMA Subpart 1—Daily limits 55 Combined daily limit for fish (including individual species 44 limits) in Auckland and Kermadec FMA 56 Combined daily limit for hapuku/bass and kingfish 45 57 Daily limit for kingfish 46 58 Daily limit for grey mullet 47 59 Daily limit for snapper 47 60 Daily limit for shellfish in Auckland Coromandel area 48 61 Daily limit for green-lipped mussels in Maketu taiapure 49 Subpart 2—Minimum species length and net mesh size Species length 62 Minimum length for snapper 50 63 Minimum length for blue cod 50 Net mesh size 64 Minimum net mesh size 50 Subpart 3—Restrictions and prohibitions Restrictions and prohibitions relating to species 65 Restriction on taking or possessing scallops from 51 Auckland (East) FMA or Auckland (West) FMA during closed season 66 Restrictions relating to Māori oyster fisheries 51 67 Prohibition on taking or possessing spotted black groper 52 68 Prohibition on taking or possessing fish from part of 52 Manukau Harbour 69 Restrictions on taking fish from Mimiwhangata Peninsula 53 area 70 Prohibition on taking or possessing shellfish from 54 Cheltenham Beach area 71 Prohibition on taking or possessing shellfish from 54 Karekare Beach area 72 Prohibition on taking or possessing shellfish from Eastern 54 Beach area 4 Fisheries (Amateur Fishing) 2013/482 Regulations 2013 73 Prohibition on taking or possessing finfish from waters 55 near Motu River during closed season Restrictions and prohibitions relating to fishing gear 74 Restriction on use of certain fishing gear within 1 nautical 55 mile of Mayor Island (Tuhua) 75 Restrictions on use of certain fishing gear in Bay of 55 Islands 76 Prohibition on using set net in certain areas 56 77 Prohibition on using drift net in Port Waikato 56 Part 4 Central FMA Subpart 1—Daily limits 78 Combined daily limit for fish (including individual species 56 limits) in Central FMA 79 Combined daily limit for hapuku/bass and kingfish 57 80 Daily limit for kingfish 58 81 Daily limit for snapper 59 Subpart 2—Minimum species length and net mesh size Species length 82 Minimum length for snapper 59 83 Minimum length for ordinary paua in Amateur Taranaki 60 Paua Fishery area Net mesh size 84 Minimum net mesh size 60 Subpart 3—Restrictions and prohibitions Restrictions and prohibitions relating to species 85 Restriction on using net in Wairoa Hard 60 86 Restrictions on fishing in Sugar Loaf Islands prescribed 61 area and Sugar Loaf Islands conservation area 87 Prohibition on taking eels from Lake Horowhenua and 61 Hokio Stream Prohibitions relating to fishing gear 88 Prohibition on using set net in Pauatahanui Inlet 61 89 Prohibition on using set net in area of coast east of Cape 62 Runaway 90 Prohibition on using set net from Tirua Point to 62 Pariokariwa Point 5 Fisheries (Amateur Fishing) Regulations 2013 2013/482 91 Prohibition on fishing in Pukerua Bay except by hand-held 62 line Part 5 Challenger FMA Subpart 1—Daily limits 92 Combined daily limit for fish (including individual species 62 limits) in Challenger FMA 93 Combined daily limit for hapuku/bass and kingfish 64 94 Daily limit for kingfish 65 95 Daily limit for snapper 65 96 Daily limit for snapper in Marlborough Sounds area 66 97 Daily limit for scallops 66 Subpart 2—Minimum species length and net mesh size Species length 98 Minimum and maximum length for blue cod in 67 Marlborough Sounds area 99 Minimum length for blue cod in Challenger (East) area 67 100 Minimum length for sand flounder 68 101 Minimum length for scallops 68 Net mesh size 102 Minimum net mesh size 68 Subpart 3—Authorisations, restrictions, and prohibitions Authorisations 103 Pacific oysters 69 104 Dredge oysters 69 Restrictions and prohibitions relating to species 105 Prohibition on taking or possessing blue cod in 69 Marlborough Sounds area during closed season 106 Prohibition on taking finfish from Maud Island closed area 70 107 Restriction on possessing blue cod in Marlborough 70 Sounds area or Challenger (East) area 108 Restriction on taking finfish from Marlborough Sounds 70 area 109 Prohibition on taking finfish from Double Cove 70 Restrictions and prohibitions relating to fishing gear 110 Restriction on using or possessing line in Pelorus Sound 71 111 Prohibition on using or possessing set net in part Pelorus 71 Sound or Croisilles Harbour 6 Fisheries (Amateur Fishing) 2013/482 Regulations 2013 112 Restriction on using or possessing set net in Kenepuru 71 Sound 113 Restriction on using set net in waters from Clarence Point 72 to Cape Jackson 114 Restriction on using set net in waters from Farewell Spit 72 lighthouse to Awarua Point 115 Restriction on using set net in waters of inner Queen 72 Charlotte Sound 116 Restriction on using set net in waters from Needles Point 72 to Cape Jackson Part 6 South-East FMA Subpart 1—Daily limits 117 Combined daily limit for fish (including individual species 73 limits) in South-East FMA 118 Combined daily limit for hapuku/bass and kingfish 74 119 Daily limit for kingfish 75 East Otago taiapure 120 Daily limit for shellfish in East Otago taiapure 75 121 Daily limits for paua and kina in East Otago taiapure 76 122 Daily limit for finfish in southern part of East Otago 77 taiapure Akaroa Harbour taiapure 123 Daily limits (including individual species limits) in 77 Akaroa Harbour taiapure Subpart 2—Minimum species length and net mesh size Species length 124 Minimum length for blue cod 78 125 Minimum length for quinnat salmon taken from Otago 79 Harbour Net mesh size 126 Minimum net mesh size 79 Subpart 3—Authorisation, restrictions, and prohibitions Authorisation 127 Hand-gathering of dredge oyster 79 Restrictions and prohibitions relating to species 128