Amateur rock lobster holding pot requirements in the Fiordland Marine Area

In September 2009, the Minister of Fisheries approved the separate possession and use of rock lobster holding pots by amateur rock lobster fishers in the Fiordland (Te Moana o Atawhenua) Marine Area only. Rock lobster holding pots are pots used, or capable of being used, for holding or storing rock lobster – but are not capable of catching rock lobsters.

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