88Certain scalefish limits

88 Certain scalefish limits

(1)  [Rule 88 Subrule (1) amended by S.R. 2023, No. 71, Applied:01 Nov 2023] The holder of a fishing licence (personal) who is not operating in accordance with a Commonwealth authority must not, in State waters, take, or be in possession of, more than–

(a) 200 kilograms of any species or type of scalefish covered under the Commonwealth Act, other than the species specified in paragraph (c); or

(b) the following amounts of scalefish:

(i) 10 fish or 40 kilograms, whichever is greater in weight, in total of albacore tuna, skipjack tuna, longtail tuna and Rays bream;

(ii) 2 fish in total of bigeye tuna and yellowfin tuna;

(iii) 50 kilograms in total of hapuku, bass and bass groper;

(iv) 50 kilograms of blue-eye trevalla;

(v) 100 kilograms of blue grenadier;

(vi) 50 kilograms of gemfish;

(vii) 50 kilograms of redfish; or

(c) take, or be in possession of, the following fish:

(i) billfish;

(ii) black oreodory;

(iii) deepwater flathead;

(iv) king dory;

(v) northern bluefin tuna;

(vi) orange roughy;

(vii) ox-eye oreodory;

(viii) smooth oreodory;

(ix) southern bluefin tuna;

(x) spiky oreodory;

(xi) warty oreodory;

(xii) yelloweye redfish.

Penalty:  Grade 2 penalty.

(2)  Subrule (1) does not apply to the holder of a fishing licence (rock lobster).