Recreational catch – New Zealand Sport Fishing Council

Below are all documents in the Recreational catch category.

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Waimārama s186A closure application. Nga hapū o Waimārama. 1 October 2024

Application from Nga hapū o Waimārama to FNZ requesting approval for another 2-year temporary closure of the Waimārama coastline to the harvest of pāua. 1 October 2024.

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Recreational Harvest Estimates 2022-2023. FNZ.

Report. National Panel Survey results. Estimates of recreational catch for finfish and shellfish harvest in 2022-23. Follow up survey to the 2018-19 National Panel Survey. Fisheries New Zealand. 2024.

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Review Final Advice Paper. FNZ. 29 Sep 2024

Final Advice Paper and recommendations for the Minister on 20 fish stocks reviewed prior to the start of the 1 October 2024 fishing year. Fisheries New Zealand. 29 September 2024.

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Review decision letter. Minister. 29 Sep 2024

Minister's decision letter for 20 fish stocks reviewed prior to the 1 October 2024 fishing year. A mix of catch increases and catch limit decreases. Minister for Oceans and Fisheries Shane Jones. 29 September 2024.

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Article. Trusted sources in pāua debate. LegaSea. 26 Sep 2024

Mandatory reporting of recreational catches of fish and pāua won't work. Self-reported catch, even in commercial fisheries, has a very poor record of accounting for total mortality in a fish stock. Marty Sullivan and LegaSea. 26 September 2024.

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Pāua 2 Fisheries Plan. OIA Response. FNZ. 11 July 2024

Fisheries New Zealand's advice to the Minister on the Wairarapa Commercial Pāua Fisheries Plan (PAU 2). Briefing paper requesting Ministerial approval for the industry's Fisheries Plan. FNZ. 11 July 2024. Received 18 September under OIA.

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Pāua 2 Fisheries Plan. OIA letter from Minister. 18 Sep 2024

Minister's letter responding to an Official Information Act request for advice and documents related to the approval of the Pāua 2 Fisheries Plan. Minister Shane Jones. 18 September 2024.

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Pāua 2 Fisheries Plan. OIA request. NZSFC. 21 Aug 2024

Official Information Act request for any reports, letters, advice or other documents concerning the commercial industry's Pāua 2 Fisheries Plan. NZSFC. 21 August 2024.

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Submission. Whale Island mātaitai application. NZSFC. 12 Sep 2024

Joint recreational submission in support of the application for a mātaitai around Moutohorā Island (Whale Island) and the Rurima Island group. NZSFC - LegaSea, NZ Angling & Casting Association, NZ Underwater Association. 12 September 2024.

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Crayfish TAC review for 1 April 2024. Submissions. Feb 2024

Public submissions in response to the review of Total Allowable Catches (TACs) for CRA 3 (Gisborne), CRA 7 (Otago) and CRA 8 (Southland-Fiordland). Changes would apply from 1 April 2024. Released by FNZ 29 July 2024.

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