Thread: Selling rec catch

So, is it legal to sell recreational catch, or what ?
Legasea is suggesting it is currently legal to on sell rec catch of pink/ Blue Maumou (sp)

Pretty certain cant sell rec caught fish,
My understanding there is no quota/limit on maomao and some people are exploiting that loop hole and filling freezers in one go.

Quota only applys to the coms

Quota as in limit = your daily allowable catch
maomao has no limit

Originally Posted by trapperjohn

Quota as in limit = your daily allowable catch
maomao has no limit

This is what is confusing the issue imo

Kahawai and Trev dont have rec limit , as such, but just try on selling them, especially via a chippy, which is pretty much a cert as to what is going on here

Those mongrels are sure as shit NOT taking those numbers of fish to feed the kids

Originally Posted by Pengy

Those mongrels are sure as shit NOT taking those numbers of fish to feed the kids

There was a syndicate of restaurant owners from Auckland coming down to Tairua regularly with 4-6 trailer boats, plundering the maomao.


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It's illegal to sell any rec caught fish or shellfish (except whitebait).

And if the species isn't under the commercial quota system, you can't just claim to be a commercial fisher as there are a lot of legal requirements for the fisher and the boat

Originally Posted by Pengy

Those mongrels are sure as shit NOT taking those numbers of fish to feed the kids

Thing is these guys know they cant be prosecuted on the water or at boat ramp with high numbers of that species.
Anything else get the book thrown at them.

Thats why maomao is targeted, fill the boat. No limits

Originally Posted by Pengy

This is what is confusing the issue imo

Kahawai and Trev dont have rec limit , as such, but just try on selling them, especially via a chippy, which is pretty much a cert as to what is going on here

Kahawai and Trev do have a limit....they are part of the 20finfish (challenger) limit.

Bastards. If they are selling them in their restaurants that must be against MPI, or foodsafe regs etc... Don't the fisheries officers have the ability to track these guys down and do a freezer check in the restaurants

Originally Posted by MSL

There was a syndicate of restaurant owners from Auckland coming down to Tairua regularly with 4-6 trailer boats, plundering the maomao.


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MPI can do 'random' checks of any food premises freezers/fridges (if you have fish on your food safety plan) at any time. You must have receipts for all fish on the premises (at least that's how it works for fish species under the quota system i.e. blue cod) surely MPI has an 0800 number....

Fish also has to be landed and processed by a licensed factory, everyone gets their share of red tape.

Used to get tourists wanting us to put the fish they caught in our fridge till they got the ferry home... Not likely when it was $250,000 or 3 yrs jail iirc

My understanding of the rules is unless you are a licensed commercial fisherman you can not sell your recreational catch.
The only exception I know of is whitebait and that needs to stop as well.
I remember those pricks at the Coromandel boat ramp loaded up with Maomao, off to Asian restaurants in Auckland.
Shame someone didn't do something too seriously discourage them from returning and slaughtering the local fish population , once they get little opposition and good returns the greed factor kicks in, last thing they care about is the Marine environment, it's all about the money.

Originally Posted by Pengy

This is what is confusing the issue imo

Kahawai and Trev dont have rec limit , as such, but just try on selling them, especially via a chippy, which is pretty much a cert as to what is going on here

They do they count as fin fish so only 7 snapper and 20 fin fish so could be 7 snapper and 19 trevs and 1 kahawai or vice versa