Auckland and Kermadec Fishery Management Area

In the North Region there is a combined daily bag limit of 20 of any combination of the following finfish:

Finfish-Bag limits and size restrictions.
Fish species	Minimum fish length (cm)	Minimum set net mesh size (mm)	Minimum dragnet mesh size (mm)
Blue cod	30	100	100
Blue moki	40	114	115
Bluenose	-	160	100
Butterfish	35	108	108
Elephant fish	-	150	150
Flatfish (except sand flounder)	25	114	100
John Dory	-	100	100
Kahawai	-	90	85
Parore	-	114	100
Porae	-	100	100
Red cod	25	100	100
Red gurnard	25	100	100
Red moki	40	115	115
Red snapper	-	114	100
Rig	-	125	150
Sand flounder	23	114	100
School shark	-	125	100
Tarakihi	25	100	100
Trevally	25	125	100
Trumpeter	35	100	100

In addition to the combined limit, you can take a maximum of:

Additional maximums.
Fish species	Minimum fish length (cm)	Maximum daily limit per person	Minimum set net mesh size (mm)	Minimum dragnet mesh size (mm)
Eels	-	6	12	12
Grey Mullet	-	30	90	85
Snapper	27	10	125	100
Snapper SNA1 (ref#)	27	9	125	100

In addition to the previously mentioned limits you may also take the following:

A combined daily limit of 5 (with no more than 3 kingfish) of the following finfish:

Combined daily limit.
Fish species	Minimum fish length (cm)	Minimum set net mesh size (mm)	Minimum dragnet mesh size (mm)
Groper/Hapuku/Bass	-	160	100
Kingfish	75	100	100

No daily bag limit applies to the following finfish:

No daily bag limits.
Fish species	Minimum fish length (cm)	Minimum set net mesh size (mm)	Minimum dragnet mesh size (mm)
Garfish (piper)	-	25	25
Pilchard	-	25	25
Yellow eyed mullet	-	25	25
All others	-	100	100

Finfish Length is measured from the tip of the nose to the "V" in the tail (as shown in diagram)

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Updated : 7 August 2008

#SNA1 refers to the area from North Cape to Cape Runaway, out to a distance of 200 nautical miles offshore (see diagram).