Thread: Whitebait anyone heard thru the grapevine

I thought that DOC was going to release info on new rules around white baiting prior to the coming season (kicks off in month for east coast South Island). There was talk of banning screens, traps in nets, sock nets regional changes in season length, banning of baiting in certain rivers to create sanctuaries etc etc? Has anyone heard what if anything is going to change?

All I could find is the proposal stuff on the DOC website, the local DOC office says no rule changes for this season but they are unsure when the rule changes will be announced, is this as much as anyone knows?

https://www.doc.govt.nz/get-involved...n-new-zealand/