Legislation and guidance to help commercial fishers meet digital monitoring requirements.
Fisheries New Zealand understands that there are many challenges faced by fishers, their whanau, and the communities they work in. Our support page lists some national and regional services that can give help and advice with health, wellbeing, and making business decisions.
Accurate reporting: information for permit holders and licensed fish receivers [PDF, 258 KB]
Marking requirements for commercial fishing vessels, tenders, and fishing gear [PDF, 217 KB]
Requirements to use seabird mitigation devices on trawl vessels [PDF, 1.2 MB]
Spatial and temporal regulations and restrictions [PDF, 223 KB]
Protected fish species and reporting requirements for non-fish/protected species [PDF, 363 KB]
Compliance delivery model [PDF, 204 KB]
Requirements for reporting flatfish species managed under the QMS [PDF, 471 KB]
Requirements for reporting hāpuku and bass [PDF, 438 KB]
An introduction to electronic catch and position reporting
Electronic catch and position reporting: What's changing for commercial fishers?
A day in the life guide [PDF, 824 KB]
A day in the life guide (Māori) [PDF, 803 KB]
How to apply for an exemption from electronic catch and position reporting
Disposing of landed fish to disposal facilities
Species identification guides to help with reporting (includes non-fish species) [PDF, 24 MB]
Codes for reporting non-QMS species [XLSX, 29 KB]
Rules and reporting requirements for accidental loss [PDF, 1.1 MB]
Fisheries (Reporting) Regulations 2017
Fisheries (Geospatial Position Reporting) Regulations 2017
Fisheries (Electronic Monitoring on Vessels) Regulations 2017
These amendments took effect on 10 January 2019:
This amendment took effect on 30 June 2020:
Exemption from compliance with the Fisheries (Reporting) Regulations 2017 Regulation 46 exemption (2025) [PDF, 348 KB]
Expired exemption from compliance with the Fisheries (Reporting) Regulations 2017 Eel escapement tube (2024) [PDF, 174 KB]
Expired exemption from compliance with the Fisheries (Reporting) Regulations 2017 Regulation 46 exemption (2023) [PDF, 181 KB]
Expired exemption from compliance with the Fisheries (Reporting) Regulations 2017 for Deckhand customers (2019) [PDF, 232 KB]
Expired exemption from compliance with the Fisheries (Reporting) Regulations 2017 when oyster dredging in OYU 5 (2019) [PDF, 312 KB]
Conservation and management of NZ sharks [PDF, 330 KB]
Landing sharks with fins attached [PDF, 404 KB]
Landing shark fins subject to a ratio [PDF, 322 KB]
Requirements for returning sharks to the sea (Schedule 6) [PDF, 334 KB]
September 2022 [PDF, 98 KB]
August 2022 [PDF, 72 KB]
July 2022 [PDF, 113 KB]
June 2022 [PDF, 72 KB]
May 2022 [PDF, 171 KB]
April 2022 [PDF, 115 KB]
August 2020 [PDF, 183 KB]
July 2020 [PDF, 175 KB]
June 2020 [PDF, 175 KB]
May 2020 [PDF, ]
April 2020 [PDF, 172 KB]
February 2020 [PDF, 155 KB]
January 2020 [PDF, 162 KB]
August 2019 [PDF, 187 KB]
July 2019 [PDF, 440 KB]
November 2019 [PDF, 169 KB]
October 2019 [PDF, 173 KB]
September 2019 [PDF, 167 KB]
May 2019 [PDF, 401 KB]
March 2019 [PDF, 507 KB]
February 2019 [PDF, 608 KB]
November 2018 [PDF, 532 KB]
October 2018 [PDF, 441 KB]
September 2018 [PDF, 140 KB]
August 2018 [PDF, 177 KB]
May 2018 [PDF, 131 KB]
March 2018 [PDF, 466 KB]
Fisheries (E-logbook Technical Specifications) Circular 2024 [PDF, 764 KB]
Fisheries (E-logbook Users Instructions and Codes) Circular 2024 [PDF, 3.5 MB]
Fisheries (Monthly Harvest Returns) Circular 2024 [PDF, 231 KB]
Fisheries (Alternative Methods of Disposal) Circular 2023 [PDF, 161 KB]
Fisheries (Electronic Monitoring on Vessels) Circular 2022 [PDF, 273 KB]
Fisheries (Geospatial Position Reporting Devices) Circular 2019 [PDF, 582 KB]
Fisheries (Monthly Harvest Returns) Circular 2023 [PDF, 261 KB]
Fisheries (E-logbook Technical Specifications) Circular 2023 [PDF, 445 KB]
Fisheries (E-logbook Users Instructions and Codes) Circular 2023 [PDF, 1.6 MB]
Fisheries (E-logbook Technical Specifications) Circular 2022 [PDF, 589 KB]
Fisheries (E-logbook Users Instructions and Codes) Circular 2022 [PDF, 5.5 MB]
Fisheries (E-logbook Technical Specifications) Circular 2021 [PDF, 542 KB]
Fisheries (E-logbook Users Instructions and Codes) Circular 2021 [PDF, 3.1 MB]
Fisheries (Electronic Reporting of MHRs and LFRRs) Circular 2019 [PDF, 333 KB]
Fisheries (Electronic Monitoring On Vessels) Circular 2019 [PDF, 1.1 MB]
Fisheries (E-logbook Users Instructions and Codes) Circular 2019 [PDF, 2.1 MB]
Fisheries (E-logbook Technical Specifications) Circular (No. 2) 2018 [PDF, 1 MB]
Fisheries (E-logbook Users Instructions and Codes) Circular (No. 2) 2018 [PDF, 3.6 MB]
Fisheries (E-logbook Users Instructions and Codes) Circular 2018 [PDF, 2 MB]
Fisheries (E-logbook Users Instructions and Codes) Circular 2017 [PDF, 654 KB]
Fisheries (E-logbook Technical Specifications) Circular 2018 [PDF, 1.1 MB]
Fisheries (E-logbook Technical Specifications) Circular 2017 [PDF, 509 KB]
Fisheries (Geospatial Position Reporting Devices) Circular (No. 2) 2018 [PDF, 546 KB]
Fisheries (Geospatial Position Reporting Devices) Circular 2018 [PDF, 391 KB]
Fisheries (Geospatial Position Reporting Devices) Circular 2017 [PDF, 160 KB]
Fisheries (Monthly Harvest Returns) Circular 2017 [PDF, 223 KB]
Fisheries (Landing and Discard Exceptions) Notices
Operating as a commercial fisher
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