andyman98 Posted February 28, 2004 Report Share Posted February 28, 2004 are you allowed to catch natives and have them in a coldwater tank or is this iilegal? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted February 28, 2004 Report Share Posted February 28, 2004 I believe it depends on the native. Note how I have held myself back from silly remarks here? :lol: I have a mental picture of a tank full of maori all complaining it's warmer in Auckland and they should be kept in a tropical tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyman98 Posted February 28, 2004 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2004 LOL what about native fish? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted February 28, 2004 Report Share Posted February 28, 2004 As I said, it depends. I believe some whitebait species are OK and some are protected. The ones in your area are fine I think. I certainly kept local ones for a couple of years. There used to be a native fish group in NZ but don't know if they are still operating. They used to have a little magazine too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CraigJ Posted February 28, 2004 Report Share Posted February 28, 2004 Hi andyman98 LOL what about native fish? I'd give the Ministry of Fisheries a call and see if you can get a list of what you can and cannot keep from them. Contact information can be found on the MoF website http://www.fish.govt.nz/contacts.html hth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted February 28, 2004 Report Share Posted February 28, 2004 I was a foundation member of the native freshwater group of NZ. We had no probs. DON"T get white bait when they are whitebait out of season. When they get to a point where they are not "clear" and have there own id. go for it. To protect the species, do not aim for the big ones. Get the teenagers. Try not to handle them with bare hands, and learn how to bag them without taking them out of water. We used furanace in our holding bags as a preventative to skin damage, they are super prone to whitespot and velvet, so I should have said, as a preventative of those diseases. Try to get some of their water in their stream and add to their new tank, then add aged water to top it up slowly. They can make a real kewl display. Watch the temps in the summer, oh !! what summer. Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herefishiefishie Posted February 28, 2004 Report Share Posted February 28, 2004 :lol: :lol: :lol: Frenchy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyman98 Posted February 28, 2004 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2004 is that all speices or just some,and why not white bait. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted February 28, 2004 Report Share Posted February 28, 2004 The ones we were careful of were the scaleless ones Because they come under the fisheries act Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyman98 Posted February 28, 2004 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2004 two things 1 do you have the names of the scaleless fish? 2 can you sell them or do you have to breed them then sell the young? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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