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!

Alan L wrote: - but our crabs are a bit difefrent to what you may be used to., Alan

Alan L wrote: 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

Today was the 1st day of the season . There were a few guys  heading out of Riverton.