Thread: New Whitebait laws anyone heard anything?

One of the new regs is "fishing should occur only in estuaries or near rivermouths" as occurs already on the west coast. Will they define a distance upstream of the mouth of each river that is deemed fishable? or will it be a blanket distance for all rivers. Does anyone know? This could cause congestion on rivers that are fished for a considerable distance upstream from the mouth. The likes of the Taieri and Tokomairiro in the south spring to mind, a lot of fishing with set nets on these rivers occurs a fair way upstream as the wide canal-like estuaries are not so conducive to effective set netting.