New Zealand

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• Open coastal waters of New Zealand (general)

  Free-diving spearfishing for finfish and rock lobster is generally permitted in open coastal sea waters outside marine reserves and other no-take protected areas, subject to the same daily bag limits, minimum size limits, protected-species rules and method restrictions as other recreational fishing. No saltwater fishing licence is required.

  Rock lobster may not be speared (reg 29); paua may not be taken with scuba/UBA (reg 48); marine reserves and many regional closures/bylaws apply; size and bag limits apply per Fisheries Management Area.

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• Cape Rodney-Okakari Point Marine Reserve (Goat Island)marine reserve

  New Zealand's first marine reserve (established 1975), north of Auckland near Leigh. All fishing, including line fishing and spearfishing, and the removal or disturbing of any marine life is forbidden under the Marine Reserves Act 1971.

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• Poor Knights Islands Marine Reservemarine reserve

  Marine reserve off the east coast of Northland (~22 km offshore), fully no-take since 1998. No fishing of any kind from boat or shore; no taking or disturbing any marine life including shellfish and seaweeds. Spearfishing is prohibited under the Marine Reserves Act 1971.

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• All New Zealand marine reserves (no-take)marine reserve

  Spearfishing and all other fishing/taking of marine life is prohibited in every marine reserve managed by the Department of Conservation under the Marine Reserves Act 1971. Named reserves include (among ~30+): Akaroa, Cape Rodney-Okakari Point, the ten Fiordland reserves, Kaikoura, Kapiti, Long Bay-Okura, Mōtū Manawa-Pollen Island, Parininihi, Poor Knights, Rangitāhua/Kermadec Islands, Taputeranga, Tāwharanui, Tonga Island, Tūhua (Mayor Island), Whanganui Inlet (Westhaven) and Whangārei Harbour.

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• Areas protected under the Conservation Act 1987 and other no-take / rahui / mataitai / taiapure restrictionsprotected area / customary closure

  Spearfishing is prohibited or restricted in various marine protected areas, marine parks, cable-protection zones, rahui tapu (customary closures) and area-specific no-take zones declared under the Fisheries Act 1996 or other instruments. Local rules vary and must be checked before fishing.

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• Tāwharanui Marine Reservemarine reserve

  No-take marine reserve on the Tāwharanui Peninsula north of Auckland (established 2011, 394 ha). Fishing, taking or killing marine life is banned, so spearfishing is prohibited under the Marine Reserves Act 1971.

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• Long Bay-Okura Marine Reservemarine reserve

  No-take marine reserve on Auckland's North Shore (established 1995, ~980 ha) covering Long Bay and the Okura estuary. All fishing including spearfishing is prohibited under the Marine Reserves Act 1971.

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• Te Whanganui-A-Hei (Cathedral Cove) Marine Reservemarine reserve

  No-take marine reserve in the southern part of Mercury Bay, Coromandel Peninsula (840 ha), stretching from Cook Bluff to the northern end of Hahei Beach. Spearfishing prohibited under the Marine Reserves Act 1971.

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• Tūhua (Mayor Island) Marine Reservemarine reserve

  No-take marine reserve covering the northern coastline of Tūhua/Mayor Island, Bay of Plenty (established 1992), from Tumutu Point to Turanganui Point extending to one nautical mile offshore. Spearfishing prohibited under the Marine Reserves Act 1971.

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• Tonga Island Marine Reservemarine reserve

  No-take marine reserve along the Abel Tasman coast near Nelson, northern South Island (established 1993, 1,835 ha). All fishing including spearfishing prohibited under the Marine Reserves Act 1971.

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• Kapiti Marine Reservemarine reserve

  No-take marine reserve off Kapiti Island near Paraparaumu/Porirua on the lower North Island west coast (established 1992, ~21.7 km²). Spearfishing prohibited under the Marine Reserves Act 1971.

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• Taputeranga Marine Reservemarine reserve

  No-take marine reserve on Wellington's south coast (established 2008, ~855 ha) around Island Bay. All fishing including spearfishing prohibited under the Marine Reserves Act 1971.

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• Parininihi Marine Reservemarine reserve

  No-take marine reserve in the North Taranaki Bight, north-east of New Plymouth (established 2006, 1,800 ha). Spearfishing prohibited under the Marine Reserves Act 1971.

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• Tapuae Marine Reservemarine reserve

  No-take marine reserve off the Taranaki coast adjoining the Sugar Loaf Islands Marine Protected Area, near New Plymouth (established 2008, 1,404 ha). Spearfishing prohibited under the Marine Reserves Act 1971.

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• Te Tapuwae o Rongokako Marine Reservemarine reserve

  No-take marine reserve on the East Coast/Gisborne coast, approximately 16 km north of Gisborne, extending between the Waiomoko and Pouawa River mouths (~2,450 ha). Spearfishing prohibited under the Marine Reserves Act 1971.

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• Mimiwhangata Marine Protected Area / Coastal Park (no-take)marine protected area

  Coastal marine area off the Mimiwhangata Peninsula, east coast of Northland. Under reg 69 of the Fisheries (Amateur Fishing) Regulations 2013 spear was historically one of the few permitted methods, but rule changes now make this a no-take marine protection area: marine life may no longer be taken (except kina daily bag limits and customary take by permit), so spearfishing is now banned.

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