I got my coast gaurd members handbook 2011 and in it it says that the limit for snapper is now 10 unless in the sna1 area which is northcape to cape runaway.

And thats still 4 too many!!!!!!!

yea its to many but the gulf etc ant in the sna1 area is it? wel dont look like that on the map in the book?

You can go onto the MoF website and compare your charts to theirs and see if they are similar 

Latitude35south wrote: And thats still 4 too many!!!!!!!

Why ?

Ok I'll stick my oar in, why is 9 too many ?

Latitude35south wrote: Its pretty hard to eat 9 fish in a day.

Do you go fishing every day?

Do you not have a family who likes fish?

Do you not like smoked fish?

Mate I think thats what most people do anyway. Your preaching to the choir.

i met a gripper (in a tackle shop) who i found out was fishing alongside us on sat for a while, who boasted he caught 30 tarakihi between 2 that day. i asked what he did with all that fish and he said he gave it nearly all away "left right and centre" and it was gone really quick, they would of been of good size too and he said 15 for 1 person was "nothing".  and they caught other fish as well...