Challenger Fishery Management Area

*Restricted areas for blue cod/snapper

East Challenger FMA – blue cod

Within the bag limit prescribed above, there is a daily sub-limit of 3 blue cod per fisher within the East Challenger FMA, being the waters enclosed by a line due north of Farewell Spit to the boundary of the Challenger Fishery Management Area then in a generally easterly, southerly and westerly direction to Clarence River and back along the high water mark to the point of commencement.

Marlborough Sounds – snapper

Within the bag limits prescribed a daily sub-limit of 3 snapper within the Marlborough Sounds. This area being the waters enclosed by a line from the northern tip of Stephens Island to Cape Jackson then to Cape Koamaru, then from West Head to East Head of Tory Channel across French Pass and Stephens Passage to the point of commencement.