Hi there,

I am getting 20 shrimp from a person I know and was going to pay them $20.00 for their effort. So can I pay them $20.00 or is that illegal and so I have to give them a gift instead?

koura may legally be gathered for personal consumption up to a limit of 50 crayfish per day. However, the selling, trading or ...

Shrimp fall under the same rules as far as I know

There is a guy on TM that has been selling them for weeks at $5 each :-?

Yeah I saw that too. But it sounds like he breeds them. Bit too dear for me to buy though

Yeah I saw that too. But it sounds like he breeds them. Bit too dear for me to buy though

Pretty sure you cannot legally breed and sell them either without some fancy expensive permit..

Hi there,

I am getting 20 shrimp from a person I know and was going to pay them $20.00 for their effort. So can I pay them $20.00 or is that illegal and so I have to give them a gift instead?

Maybe you could pay him $20 petrol money?

I recall Stella posting something along the lines of it is ok to sell them if you have breed them. just not to go out, catch them, them sell your catch. They all say they have breed them online but I thought they needed marine water to breed which was why they are found mostly in eastrys.

But yea just give them it as petrol money

I do't think Maf and Doc are as retarded as some think.

I recall Stella posting something along the lines of it is ok to sell them if you have breed them. just not to go out, catch them, them sell your catch. They all say they have breed them online but I thought they needed marine water to breed which was why they are found mostly in eastrys.

But yea just give them it as petrol money

Wanted to find out what the deal was, so emailed MAF and got this answer re: shrimp on TM:

Fisheries management advisors have indicated that there are no sustainability issues relating to freshwater shrimp. There may be an issue about the species being collected from the wild and subsequently sold however it is clear that these are being bred by the advertiser and the numbers sold are at a very low level.

So there you go.

I wouldn't beleave everything a seller posts on trademe

yea I ask one of them and he said he did but didn't sound very convincing

i am also a non-believer. A photo of a gravid shrimp does not make you a breeder :roll:

But I think its more about the numbers - at $5 per shrimp he won't sell enough to really worry MAF at all.

If people were selling in the thousands and to a large number of people then it might be a different story.

$5 for one shrimp? ???? :rotf: :rotf:

That's crazy.

Id pay $20 for one shrimp :dunno: :roll:

Id pay $20 for one shrimp :dunno: :roll:

They are not that hard to find, just get a net :dunno:

I might just get them a petrol voucher then as it is really just to say thankyou for getting them.

Looking at the history on trademe, he actually sold alot for $5 each, looks like hes starting up his shrimp business. But seriously thats way to overpriced they are pretty much common in any clean waterway.

They are not that hard to find, just get a net :dunno:

and find a creek.

Finding a net finding a creek you guys are making it sound like hard work I like shrimp but not that much :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :evil:

I want some red ones where can i find them :thup: :smln:

We aren't alooud any tropical shrimp species in NZ. I think once apon a time we did but that was a while ago.

Finding a net

$2 shop

finding a creek

google maps

hey slightly :smot:

BUT...

has any one had problems with guppies and shrimp? thinking of putting a few males uin with mine.

23L lots of places to hide

Hi ,this may seem a bit weird replying to an old post but would anyone know if or where I could get hold of some shrimp in christchurch?

Thank you!!

YAY! for anyone wanting freshwater shrimp in christchurch I went to the Cam river in rangiora and took a net,must have scooped like 100 haha theyre so cute!