Shellfish

UBA - Underwater breathing apparatus

(does not include snorkels)

• No person may take any paua using UBA.
• No person may be in possession of paua while in possession of UBA. This includes possession, in or on any vessel or vehicle.

Dredges prohibited

• No person may use or possess any dredge within the Fiordland Marine Area.

Open seasons

Dredge Oysters: Within the Southland Fishery Management Area the open season is 1 March to 31 August inclusive.

Scallops: Within the Southland Fishery Management Area the open season is 1 October to 15 March inclusive.

How to measure shellfish

Paua: measure the greatest length of the shell in a straight line, parallel to the ventral surface. (Do not measure over the curve of the shell)

Scallops: measure the greatest diameter of the shell.

Dredge Oysters: must not pass through a rigid circular metal ring with an inside diameter of 58mm.

Shellfish to be landed in a measurable state

All shellfish to which a minimum size restriction applies (including paua, scallops and dredge oysters) must be landed in the shell and cannot be shucked or shelled seaward of the mean high-water mark. Within prescribed limits, provision exists permitting opening of dredge oysters and scallops for consumption onboard a vessel. Any scallops or oysters not eaten must be landed in the shell.

* No Accumulation of paua or scallop daily limits taken with the Fiordland Marine Area.

† Divers on a vessel may take an additional quota of oysters and scallops for up to two persons acting in a dive safety capacity.

• This is a combined, mixed-species bag limit. It applies to all shellfish species not specifically named above.

Note: No Rock or Pacific oysters are known to exist in the Southland Fishery Management Area (including Fiordland Marine Area). All oysters taken within the Southland FMA are subject to season, daily limit and size restrictions.

Protection of coral

No person may take or possess any black coral or red coral.