Traps for crays and crabs
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Printed Date: 30 Jan 2026 at 8:15pm
Topic: Traps for crays and crabs
Posted By: jgilber5
Subject: Traps for crays and crabs
Date Posted: 01 Mar 2025 at 8:57am
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Going to be visiting NZ for the first time and would love to catch some fresh seafood along the way! I can't seem to find info on if traps I've used up in BC are legal for crabs and crays in New Zealand. I have a few of the castable bait cages that have mono loops that function as nooses, and snare the legs when you start reeling in. I also have a few castable folding crab traps, the kind that are a big square of netting that lay flat on the sea floor, then snap shut when you reel in (like this. https://www.amazon.com/AirFly-Foldable-Castable-Crab-Rectangle/dp/B08CZH5VTT/ref=asc_df_B08CZH5VTT?mcid=cfe5243ee60a3daa868e626c1d59e238&hvocijid=10515625316135141507-B08CZH5VTT-&hvexpln=73&tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=730434177080&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=10515625316135141507&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9030533&hvtargid=pla-2281435178378&th=1). Is potting really the only way to legally catch landbased cray? It doesn't seem like what I have would count as a bated net, which is the only thing I can find in the regulations, but want to be sure. Thank you for any help! |
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Posted By: Alan L
Date Posted: 01 Mar 2025 at 11:56am
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https://www.mpi.govt.nz/fishing-aquaculture/recreational-fishing/fishing-rules/#brochure%20" rel="nofollow - https://www.mpi.govt.nz/fishing-aquaculture/recreational-fishing/fishing-rules/#brochure
The cray pot rules are fairly standard but some of the catch rules change from different areas. Don't think there are any crab rules - but our crabs are a bit difefrent to what you may be used to., Alan ------------- Legasea Legend member |
Posted By: Mc Tool
Date Posted: 01 Mar 2025 at 7:03pm
Yeah , like with our crabs you need 10 for a feed but with some of yours youd get 10 feeds off one crab  We got king ( Ithink ) crab legs once , got 6 shaved legs ( shaved meant that the shell had been cut most of the way thru ) . the main bit of flesh from one leg was about 10" long and 1" in dia and by the time Id noshed that I was in trouble ..... lookin at the other 4 1/2 whole legs ,coz the handbrake had bailed on the 1st section of the 1st leg ..... bloody lightweight  , kinda reminded me of when I ate a whole kilo of scallops . Takes a couple of days to get past that overload  ------------- I wish I was young again .... Id be heaps smarter than this time |
Alan L wrote:Posted By: Alan L
Date Posted: 01 Mar 2025 at 7:39pm
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Now a kg of scallops I would not pass up, any time, And then there are your oysters. Down there a week or so ago. Do you think I could find an oyster??? WTF. Alan ------------- Legasea Legend member |
Posted By: Mc Tool
Date Posted: 01 Mar 2025 at 9:11pm
Hate to think what they will cost this year . I usually pre order 5 doz live in the shells , they taste so much better than the rinsed out pottle jobs , AND strangely I think the ratio of big oysters is better too .  ------------- I wish I was young again .... Id be heaps smarter than this time |