snapper spawning

Used to fish (snapper) fairly regularly and saw a number of workout and harvesting but never came across spawning like this
I remember some years ago, someone tried to ban fishing during spawning season but that didn't went well.

Maybe his idea was ahead of his times

Bit of history bout 1973 pair trawlers came from nelson and trawled between kapiti and pukerua bay first weeks of jan caught 100s of tonnes spawning snapper took back to nelson . Guess what , the sheds were closed for holidays , the lot went to nelson tip . Well documented with tip photos , fucked the welly west coast fishery for 45 plus years , So glad we got a inshore net ban now .

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Originally Posted by m101a1

Bit of history bout 1973 pair trawlers came from nelson and trawled between kapiti and pukerua bay first weeks of jan caught 100s of tonnes spawning snapper took back to nelson . Guess what , the sheds were closed for holidays , the lot went to nelson tip . Well documented with tip photos , fucked the welly west coast fishery for 45 plus years , So glad we got a inshore net ban now .

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Inshore net ban is not for commercial trawlers, just set netting. Reports of trawlers along the Kapiti coast in the last few weeks, so little has changed really.

A large catch of snapper was taken just off Nelson in the summer of 1977–78, but the Nelson Fisheries processing plant was closed for the Christmas holidays and much of the catch had to be dumped. Such incidents angered recreational anglers and fisheries scientists who felt that catches of large old snapper could not be sustained. The collapse of some inshore fish stocks, including snapper, in the late 1970s and early 1980s led to the introduction of the quota management system in 1986. This aimed to conserve fish stocks by limiting the total catch.
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Originally Posted by stingray

A large catch of snapper was taken just off Nelson in the summer of 1977–78, but the Nelson Fisheries processing plant was closed for the Christmas holidays and much of the catch had to be dumped. Such incidents angered recreational anglers and fisheries scientists who felt that catches of large old snapper could not be sustained. The collapse of some inshore fish stocks, including snapper, in the late 1970s and early 1980s led to the introduction of the quota management system in 1986. This aimed to conserve fish stocks by limiting the total catch.
https://teara.govt.nz/files/p-5801-npm.jpg

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thats the one also included kapiti puki area

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Originally Posted by stingray

A large catch of snapper was taken just off Nelson in the summer of 1977–78, but the Nelson Fisheries processing plant was closed for the Christmas holidays and much of the catch had to be dumped. Such incidents angered recreational anglers and fisheries scientists who felt that catches of large old snapper could not be sustained. The collapse of some inshore fish stocks, including snapper, in the late 1970s and early 1980s led to the introduction of the quota management system in 1986. This aimed to conserve fish stocks by limiting the total catch.
https://teara.govt.nz/files/p-5801-npm.jpg

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I remember that article I was 15 at the time and thought it outrageous. Afterwards snapper fishing either by rod or set line or net became anon event in our part of Pelorus.

Scallop fishery was a longer slower decline but in my teens remember being woken by the sound of 20 boats trawling/tearing up the sea bed in our bay. Shore dived a few years back swam straight out for half a tank then back again didn’t see a single live scallop. Just a thick weed mat replacing the once clear mud bottom. Threw our dreg away.

On a positive note, water temp is 18.5 degrees , blue water is coming into the Tasman so the Tasman Bay snapper spawn will be underway very soon, with the size and condition of the fish , hopes are high for another epic spawn , and fingers crossed a solid recruitment!