Challenger Fishery Management Area
Finfish
Daily limits per person
In the Challenger Fishery Management Area there is a combined daily bag limit of 20 finfish, consisting of any combination of:
- Blue Cod* (see next page)
- Butterfish
- Grey Mullet
- Red Cod
- Rig
- Trevally
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- Blue Moki
- Elephant Fish
- John Dory
- Red Gurnard
- School Shark
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- Bluenose
- Flatfish
- Kahawai
- Red Moki
- Tarakihi
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In addition to the combined limit, you may also take the following finfish on a daily basis:
- Snapper - a bag limit of 10
- Groper/hapuku/bass and kingfish - a combined bag limit of 5, (with no more than 3 kingfish)
- Eel - a bag limit of 6
There is no limit on species not named above.
Finfish Method and Species Restrictions>>
Accumulated Bag limits
Where fishing occurs over a number of days and/or travel crosses into areas that have sub limits or size differences, it is permissible to possess more fish than the bag limit allows for the area or fish less than the size for that particular area where you are found, provided you can prove the fish in question were taken lawfully, in the appropriate area and if necessary on the appropriate day or days.