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Fish and shellfish limits

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Fish and shellfish limits

This sign on the Coromandel coastline north of Thames outlines the daily catch and size limits for recreational anglers and divers. There is a limited season for taking scallops in the area. Regulations vary, and some areas are now closed to fishing for certain species, to allow poached stocks time to recover.

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Gerard Hutching and Carl Walrond, Marine conservation – Fisheries, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/5816/fish-and-shellfish-limits (accessed 25 June 2026).

Story by Gerard Hutching and Carl Walrond, published 2 March 2009, updated 1 September 2015.