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  • Fisheries Management in New Zealand
    • Species
    • Customary
      • Aotea Great Barrier Temporary Closure 2023
      • Astrolabe Reef s186A closure 2016
      • Coromandel East temporary closure 2021
      • Coromandel East temporary closure 2024
      • Hauraki Gulf temporary closures 2024
      • Kauaetangohia Mātaitai
      • Maunganui Bay temporary closure
      • Napier Reef temporary closure 2023
      • Ōhiwa Harbour temporary closure 2024
      • Ōmāui Mātaitai 2019-20
      • Ruapuke Island Mātaitai 2024
      • Taranaki temporary closure 2024
      • Taranaki temporary closure 2022
      • Tautuku Mātaitai 2019-21
      • Te Māta temporary closure
      • Tutukaka – Ngunguru temporary closure 2023
      • Umupuia temporary closure
      • Waiheke temporary closure 2021-24
      • Waimārama temporary closure 2024
      • Waimārama temporary closure 2020 -22
      • Whale Island mātaitai 2024
      • Whangaroa temporary closure 2021
    • Fisheries policy & reform
      • Fisheries Act Amendment Proposal 2025
      • Fisheries Amendment Bill 2022
      • Cameras on boats 2021
      • Fisheries Change Prog 2019
      • Future of our Fisheries 2016
      • Fisheries System Review 2015
      • Briefings to Ministers
    • Fisheries plans
      • Industry Transformation Plan 2023
      • Hauraki Gulf Fisheries Plan 2023
      • HMS Fisheries Plan 2017
      • National Finfish Fisheries Plan 2019-20
      • Pāua 2 Fisheries Plan 2023-24
      • Pāua 5 Draft Fisheries Plan 2022
    • Legislation and reviews
      • Animal Welfare Act review 2012
      • Extend coastal permits bill 2024
      • Fast Track Approvals Bill 2024
      • Fisheries Amendment Bill 2022
      • Marine Protection Bill 2023
      • Seabed mining inquiry 2023
    • Regulatory reviews
      • Aggregation limits application 2024
      • Aggregation excess limits EMA KAH 2020
      • Crayfish Aggregation limit exemption 2016
      • Deemed value review 2016
      • Deemed value review 2021
      • Deemed value review 2022
      • Finfish bag limits review 2021
      • Fiordland amateur regulations review 2022
      • Papamoa Beach bylaw review 2018
      • Seabird mitigation measures 2023
      • Technical change proposals 2022
  • Submissions by year
    • North & South Islands submissions
    • 2025 Submissions
      • Bluff oyster landing review 2025
      • Crayfish 2 Management Review 2025
      • Crayfish 7 Management Review 2025
      • Fisheries Act Amendment Proposal 2025
      • Pāua landing review 2025
    • 2024 Submissions
      • Aggregation limits application 2024
      • Blue cod Marlborough Sounds review 2024
      • Coromandel East temporary closure 2024
      • Crayfish 1 management review 2024
      • Crayfish 3 TAC review 2024
      • Crayfish 7 and 8 review 2024
      • Exception review for predated HMS 2024
      • Extend coastal permits bill 2024
      • Fast Track Approvals Bill 2024
      • Hauraki Gulf temporary closures 2024
      • Jack mackerel pilchard kingfish review 2024
      • Kaikōura Pāua 3A TAC review 2024
      • Kaikōura pāua reopening 2024
      • Kina 1 review 2024
      • Kina 3 TAC review 2024
      • Kingfish 3 TAC review 2024
      • Ōhiwa Harbour temporary closure 2024
      • Pacific bluefin landing review 2024
      • Ruapuke Island Mātaitai 2024
      • Snapper flatfish elephantfish 7 review 2024
      • Snapper Rig John dory 2 review 2024
      • Snapper 8 TAC review 2024
      • Southern bluefin landing review 2024
      • Southern bluefin TAC review 2024
      • Taranaki temporary closure 2024
      • Waikato Regional Coastal Plan 2022-24
      • Waimārama temporary closure 2024
      • Whale Island mātaitai 2024
    • 2023 submissions
      • Aotea Great Barrier Temporary Closure 2023
      • Coromandel scallop closure review 2023
      • Crayfish 1 TAC review 2023
      • Deemed values review SNA 2023
      • Gurnard 3 TAC review 2023
      • Industry Transformation Plan 2023
      • Hauraki Gulf Fisheries Plan 2023
      • Hauraki Gulf trawl corridors 2023
      • Kina 1 TAC review 2023
      • Kina dredging Tory Channel review 2023
      • Marine Protection Bill 2023
      • Napier Reef temporary closure 2023
      • Pāua 2 Fisheries Plan 2023-24
      • Pāua 2 TAC review 2023
      • Red cod land-all catch review 2023
      • Seabed mining inquiry 2023
      • Seabird mitigation measures 2023
      • Trevally 2 TAC review 2023
      • Tutukaka – Ngunguru temporary closure 2023
      • Waikato Regional Coastal Plan 2022-24
    • 2022 submissions
      • Blue cod 7 TAC review 2022
      • Crayfish 1, 7 & 8 TAC review 2022
      • Deemed value review 2022
      • Fiordland amateur regulations review 2022
      • Fisheries Amendment Bill 2022
      • FMA 7 TAC review 2022
      • Gurnard 3 TAC review 2022
      • Habitats of significance 2022
      • Hākaimangō-Matiatia (Northwest Waiheke) Marine Reserve
      • Hāpuku Bass 7 & 8 TAC Review 2022/23
      • Hauraki Gulf Marine Protected Areas 2022
      • Kaikōura pāua reopening 2022
      • Maunganui Bay temporary closure
      • Northland area closure proposals 2022
      • Pāua 5 Draft Fisheries Plan
      • Rig 3 TAC review 2022
      • Northland & Coromandel Scallop TAC Review 2022
      • Tarakihi east coast TAC review 2022
      • Taranaki temporary closure 2022
      • Technical change proposals 2022
      • Te Māta closure application
      • Waikato Region Coastal Plan 2022
      • Waimārama temporary closure 2020 -22
      • Umupuia temporary closure 2008-2024
    • 2021 submissions
      • Blue cod 3 TAC review 2021
      • Cameras on boats 2021
      • Clive River dredging 2021
      • Coromandel East temporary closure 2021
      • Crayfish 1, 3, 4, 5 & Packhorse TAC review 2021
      • Elephant fish 7 TAC review 2021
      • Finfish bag limits review 2021
      • Flatfish 2 TAC review 2021
      • Gurnard 1 TAC review 2021
      • Hāpuku-Bass 1 & 2 TAC review 2021
      • Kaikōura pāua fishery reopening 2021
      • Kingfish 8 Deemed value review 2021
      • Snapper 8 TAC review 2021
      • Southern bluefin tuna TAC review 2021
      • Tarakihi east coast TAC review 2021
      • Waiheke temporary closure 2021-24
      • Whangaroa temporary closure 2021
      • Yellow-eyed mullet 9 TAC review 2021
    • 2020 submissions
      • Aggregation limits kahawai, jack mackerel 2020
      • Blue cod 5 TAC review 2020
      • Crayfish 1, 3, 4, 7 & 8 TAC review 2020
      • Crayfish ACE carry forward 2020
      • Gurnard 7 TAC review 2020
      • Kingfish 2, 3, 7 & 8 TAC review. July 2020
      • Maunganui Bay temporary closure
      • National Finfish Fisheries Plan 2019-20
      • National Rock Lobster Management Group review 2020
      • Northland scallop TAC review 2020
      • Pāua 3 subdivision 2020
      • Pōrae 1 TAC review 2020
      • Sea Change Marine Spatial Plan 2014-21
      • Snapper 7 TAC review 2020
      • South Island trawl species review 2020
      • Tautuku Mātaitai application 2019-21
      • Waimārama temporary closure 2020 -22
    • 2019 submissions
      • Crayfish 3, 4 & 8 TAC review 2019
      • Fisheries Change Programme 2019
      • Red snapper TAC review 2019
    • 2018 Submissions
      • Southern Bluefin tuna
      • Southern Scallops (SCA 7)
      • TAC review CRA 2, 4, 7 & 8. Jan 2018
    • 2017 Submissions
      • Crayfish management 2017
      • Highly Migratory Species
      • Kaikoura closure
      • Red Cod 2 and Flatfish 3
      • Review of stocks and Kaikoura closure
      • Southern Scallops (SCA 7)
    • 2016 Submissions
      • Astrolabe Reef closure application
      • Bluenose management review
      • Coromandel Scallops
      • Crayfish 3 Gisborne
      • Crayfish management 2016
      • Deemed values 2016
      • Jack mackerel 3 management review
      • John dory 7 management review
      • Paua 7 South Island
      • Quota aggregation limits exemption
      • Scallops (SCA7) management 2
      • Seabed mining Taranaki 2016
      • Snapper 7 management review
      • Surf Clam 7 review 2016
    • 2015 Submissions
      • Crayfish management 2015
      • Marlborough Sounds blue cod
    • 2014 Submissions
      • Blue Moki 3 (MOK 3) management
      • Southern Scallops 7
    • 2013 Submissions
      • Coromandel Scallop fishery
      • Crayfish management 2010-13
      • Paua Otago Southland
      • Seabed Mining Taranaki
      • Sea Perch 1
      • Sharks and Shark finning
      • Southern bluefin tuna
      • Snapper 1 TAC review 2013
      • Snapper 7
    • 2012 Submissions
      • Highly Migratory SpeciesHMS
    • 2011 Submissions
      • Te Korowai Kaikoura proposals
    • 2010 Submissions
    • 2009 Submissions
    • 2008 Submissions
    • 2007 Submissions
  • Regional issues
    • Aquaculture
      • Extend coastal permits bill 2024
      • Lambert salmon farm proposal
      • Ponui mussel farm proposal
    • Bay of Plenty
      • Astrolabe Reef s186A closure 2016
      • Kauaetangohia Mātaitai
      • Papamoa Beach bylaw review 2018
      • Motiti Island RMA proceedings
    • Hauraki Gulf
      • Coromandel East temporary closure 2021
      • Hākaimangō-Matiatia (Northwest Waiheke) Marine Reserve 2022
      • Hauraki Gulf Fisheries Plan 2023
      • Hauraki Gulf Marine Protected Areas 2022
      • Hauraki Gulf trawl corridors 2023
      • Marine Protection Bill 2023
      • Ponui mussel farm proposal
      • Sea Change Marine Spatial Plan 2014-21
      • Te Māta temporary closure
      • Umupuia temporary closure 2008-2024
      • Coromandel scallop closure review 2023
      • Waiheke temporary closure 2021-24
      • Waikato Region Coastal Plan 2022
      • Waikato Regional Coastal Plan 2022-24
    • Marlborough and Tasman
      • Lambert salmon farm proposal
      • Tory Channel Kina dredging review 2023
    • Northland
      • Maunganui Bay temporary closure
      • Northland area closure proposals 2022
      • Tutukaka & Ngunguru temporary closure 2023-24
    • Southland and Otago
      • Fiordland Marine Amateur Regulations 2022-23
      • Ōmāui mātaitai 2019-20
      • Tautuku Mātaitai application 2020-23
  • Marine protection
    • Habitats of significance 2022
    • Marine Protection Bill 2023
    • MPA Act review 2016
    • South Island Southeast coast MPAs
  • RMA
    • Clive River dredging 2021
    • Extend coastal permits bill 2024
    • Waikato Region Coastal Plan 2022
    • Waikato Regional Coastal Plan 2022-24
  • Research and reports
    • Briefings to Ministers
    • Economy of recreational fishing
    • Fisheries Management Annual Reports
    • Gamefish tagging news
    • Kingfish monitoring
    • Recreational harvest estimates
    • Science reports
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