| Albacore | - Inside the Fiords: 3 per day.
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| Barracouta | - Inside the Fiords: 3 per day.
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| Black Oreo | - No species limit: counts towards Fiordland's 'any other finfish' limit of 10 a day, or 4 inside the Fiords.
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| Blue Cod | - Inside the Fiords (incl. Internal Waters): 1 per day.
- Milford Sound (Piopiotahi)
- Internal Waters blue cod closure area: no take or possession.
- No accumulation beyond one day's limit anywhere in the Fiordland Marine Area.
- Landed whole or gutted only.
- No blue cod pots in the Internal Waters.
- Measure from tip of nose to rear end of middle ray of tail fin.
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| Blue Moki | - Inside the Fiords: 1 per day.
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| Bluenose | - Inside the Fiords: 1 per day.
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| Butterfish | - Inside the Fiords: 2 per day.
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| Cockles | - No minimum size.
- No accumulation beyond one day's limit.
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| Crayfish | - Size is tail width between the tips of the two large spines on the second tail segment: male 54 mm, female 60 mm (use 60 mm if unsure of sex).
- Both species combined 6 per day (max 3 packhorse), including the Fiords and Internal Waters.
- Milford Sound (Piopiotahi)
- Internal Waters: 3 per day both species combined, no accumulation.
- Accumulation over 3 or more days: max 15 rock lobster (no more than 3 from Milford Internal Waters), only if each day's catch is separated and labelled; holding-pot records required.
- Pots: 3 catching pots per person; on a vessel with 2 or more people, max 3 rock lobster catching pots within a 6-pot vessel limit, plus up to 2 holding pots.
- No pots in Pendulo Reach (Doubtful Sound/Patea).
- Return berried females, soft-shell and unmeasurable rock lobster; no spears, spring-loaded loops or baited nets.
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| Gemfish | - No species limit: counts towards Fiordland's 'any other finfish' limit of 10 a day, or 4 inside the Fiords.
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| Golden Snapper | - No species limit: counts towards Fiordland's 'any other finfish' limit of 10 a day, or 4 inside the Fiords.
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| Grey Mullet | - No species limit: counts towards Fiordland's 'any other finfish' limit of 10 a day, or 4 inside the Fiords.
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| Hake | - No species limit: counts towards Fiordland's 'any other finfish' limit of 10 a day, or 4 inside the Fiords.
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| Hāpuku | - Inside the Fiords (excluding Internal Waters): 1 per day.
- Internal Waters: closed to groper (hāpuku)/bass, no take; no setlines in Internal Waters.
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| Hoki | - Inside the Fiords: 1 per day.
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| Jack Mackerel | - Baitfish limit: 50 a day of any mix of baitfish, on top of the combined finfish limit.
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| John Dory | - No species limit: counts towards Fiordland's 'any other finfish' limit of 10 a day, or 4 inside the Fiords.
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| Kahawai | - Inside the Fiords: 1 per day.
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| Kina | - No minimum size.
- The page gives one figure, with no separate Fiords figure.
- No accumulation beyond one day's limit.
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| Kingfish | - 3 per day both outside and inside the Fiords.
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| Leatherjacket | - No species limit: counts towards Fiordland's 'any other finfish' limit of 10 a day, or 4 inside the Fiords.
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| Ling | - Inside the Fiords: 1 per day.
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| Mussels | - No minimum size.
- No accumulation beyond one day's limit.
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| Orange Roughy | - No species limit: counts towards Fiordland's 'any other finfish' limit of 10 a day, or 4 inside the Fiords.
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| Oysters | - Not named on the MPI page for this area; it falls under the 'All others (combined)' shellfish limit of 20 per day.
- Only flat/dredge oysters are named (no take).
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| Pacific Bluefin Tuna | - No species limit: counts towards Fiordland's 'any other finfish' limit of 10 a day, or 4 inside the Fiords.
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| Pāua | - Size is shell length: the longest straight line across the underside of the shell (not over the curve).
- Land in the shell; no shucking seaward of the mean high-water mark.
- No underwater breathing apparatus (UBA) while taking or holding pāua.
- Inside the Fiords: 2 per day, counted within the 5.
- No accumulation beyond one day's limit.
- Waitutu Mātaitai: no recreational pāua.
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| Pipi | - No minimum size.
- No accumulation beyond one day's limit.
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| Pōrae | - No species limit: counts towards Fiordland's 'any other finfish' limit of 10 a day, or 4 inside the Fiords.
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| Red Gurnard | - Inside the Fiords: 2 per day.
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| Rig | - 2 per day both outside and inside the Fiords.
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| Sand Flounder | - Flatfish (except sand flounder): 5 per day, min 25 cm; sand flounder: 5 per day, min 23 cm.
- Inside the Fiords: 2 per day each.
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| Scallops | - No take: scallops may not be taken or possessed from the Fiordland Marine Area (low abundance).
- Dredges prohibited.
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| School Shark | - 2 per day both outside and inside the Fiords.
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| Snapper | - 5 per day both outside and inside the Fiords.
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| Sole | - Flatfish (except sand flounder): 5 per day, min 25 cm; sand flounder: 5 per day, min 23 cm.
- Inside the Fiords: 2 per day each.
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| Stargazer | - Inside the Fiords: 2 per day.
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| Tarakihi | - Inside the Fiords: 1 per day.
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| Trevally | - Inside the Fiords: 1 per day.
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| Trumpeter | - Inside the Fiords: 1 per day.
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| Tuatua | - Not named on the MPI page for this area; it falls under the 'All others (combined)' shellfish limit of 20 per day.
- No accumulation beyond one day's limit.
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| Yellow-eyed Mullet | - Baitfish limit: 50 a day of any mix of baitfish, on top of the combined finfish limit.
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| Yellowbelly Flounder | - Flatfish (except sand flounder): 5 per day, min 25 cm; sand flounder: 5 per day, min 23 cm.
- Inside the Fiords: 2 per day each.
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| Yellowfin Tuna | - No species limit: counts towards Fiordland's 'any other finfish' limit of 10 a day, or 4 inside the Fiords.
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