NEW ZEALANDMARINE FISHER AND NON-FISHER SURVEY 2011-2012
RECREATIONAL FISHING AREAS
NATIONAL RESEARCH BUREAU, AUCKLAND, TEL: (09) 630 0655, FAX: (09) 638 7846, WEB: www.nrb.co.nz
Index To MapsRecreational Fishing Areas
Area Page No. Description No.
1 North Cape to Cape Brett ................................. 1
2 Bay of Islands ................................................... 2
3a Cape Brett to Te Arai Point ................................ 3
3b Te Arai Point to Cape Rodney ........................... 5
4 Whangarei Harbour & entrance ........................ 3
5a North of Barrier Islands ..................................... 5
5b Barrier Islands ................................................... 5
6 Western Hauraki Gulf ........................................ 6
7 Inner Hauraki Gulf ............................................. 6
8 Firth of Thames ................................................. 9
9 Eastern Hauraki Gulf ......................................... 6
10 Eastern Coromandel ......................................... 9
11a Northern Bay of Plenty ...................................... 9
11b Middle Bay of Plenty ......................................... 9
12 Tauranga Harbour & entrances ......................... 9
13 Eastern Bay of Plenty ..................................... 10
14a East Cape – Northern ..................................... 10
14b East Cape - Southern ..................................... 10
15a Hawke Bay - Northern ..................................... 11
15b Hawke Bay - Southern .................................... 11
16 Cape Turnagain to Turakirae Head ................. 12
17 Turakirae Head to Titahi Bay ........................... 12
18a Waitotara River to Manawatu River .................. 8
18b Manawatu River to Titahi Bay ......................... 12
19 Waitotara River to Tirua Point ........................... 8
20 Tirua Point to entrance area of Manukau .......... 7
Area Page No. Description No.
21 Manukau Harbour & entrance .....................4 & 7
22 Kaipara Harbour & entrance .......................3 & 4
23 Manukau Entrance to Kaipara Entrance ........... 4
24 West of Northland ............................................. 3
25 Reef Point to North Cape .................................. 1
26 Marlborough Sounds ....................................... 13
27 Queen Charlotte Sound & Tory Channel ......... 13
28a Stephen Is to Tory Channel excl. sounds ........ 12
28b Tory Channel to Clarence River ...................... 12
29 Clarence River to Conway River ..................... 12
30 Conway River to Sumner Beach ..................... 15
31 Sumner Beach to Rakaia River ....................... 15
32 Rakaia River to Waitaki River ......................... 16
33 Waitaki River to Tokomirira River .................... 16
34a Tokomirira River to Long Point ................16 & 17
34b Long Point to Slope Point ............................... 17
35 Slope Point to Te Waewae Inlet ...................... 17
36 Stewart Is, Ruapuke Island & surrounds ......... 17
37 Patterson Inlet on Stewart Island .................... 17
38 South West of the South Island....................... 17
39a North West of the South Island ....................... 14
39b West of the South Island ................................. 14
40a North of the South Island ................................ 12
40b Cape Farewell to Kahurangi Point .................. 12
40c Golden Bay and Tasman Bay.......................... 12
Auckland
Whangarei
Wellington
Kaitaia
Whanganui
New Plymouth
GreymouthHokitika
Christchurch
Timaru
Dunedin
Invercargill
Tauranga
Gisborne
NapierHastings
NelsonBlenheim
Westport
N
S
EW
Area 25, 1 Page 1
Area 1
North Cape to Cape Brett
Excludes Bay of Islands, but includes Percy Island. The boundary with Area 3 extends NE of Cape Brett.
Area 2Bay of Islands
Area 3aArea 24
Area 25
Reef Point to North Cape
Includes Three Kings Islands.
Three Kings Islands
TapotupotuBay
Pandora Bank
Ninety Mile Beach
WaipapakauriBeach
Reef Point(Tauroa Point)
Te Angaanga Beach
Maitai Bay
Great Exhibition Bay
Tokerau Beach
Doubtless Bay
Cable Bay
Manganui Harbour
Whangaroa Harbour
Cavalli Islands
Parengarenga Harbour
Whareana Bay
Farmer Point
Matauri Bay
Orokaraka BayCape
Wikiwiki
Cape Brett
Note: Percy Island(Hole in the rock)
is in Area 1
RanganuiBay
Karikari Beach
Cape Karikari
Ahipara Bay
Ahipara
Awanui
RussellWaitangiPaihia
Whangaroa
Kaitaia
North CapeTitirangi Point
Te Wakatehana Island
(The Bluff)
Hooper Point
SpiritsBay
Cape Reinga
Cape Maria van Dieman
30 km
Area 2 Page 2
8 kmN
S
EW
Area 2
Bay of Islands
Cape Wikiwiki to Cape Brett excluding Percy Island.
Area 1
Area 3a
Cape Wikiwiki
Kerikeri
Russell
Paihia
Tikitiki Rocks
Bird RockPercy Island (Motukokako)
“Hole in Rock”
Te Puna Inlet
Kerikeri Inlet
OnewheroBay
Whakapae Bay
Deep Water Cove
Ohututea Bay
Cape Brett
Paroa Bay
Opito
BayOke
BayOneora
Bay
VeronicaChannel
Kawakawa River
Waikino Creek
Waikare Inlet
Moturoa
Motuarohia (Roberton Island)
Moturua
Motukiekie
Okahu Island
Waewaetorea IslandUrupukapuka
Island
Kororareka Point
Topeka Point Rawhiti
Point
Whale Bay
Poukoura Inlet
Doves Bay
Wairoa Bay
Rangihoua Bay
Harakeke Island
Haruru Falls
Waitangi
Opua
Area 3a, 4, 22, 24 Page 3
30 km
N
S
EW
Area 3a
Cape Brett to Te Arai Point
Excludes Whangarei Harbour and entrance area.
Area 24
West of Northland
Reef Point to Kaipara Harbour excludes Kaipara Harbour and entrance area.
Area 3b
Te Arai Point to Cape Rodney (see pg 5 for more detail)
Area 4
Whangarei Harbour and entrance area
Area 22
Kaipara Harbour and entrance area
Area 5a
Area 5b
Area 6
Area 1
Area 2
Area 23
Reef Point
Cape Brett
Whangaruru
Ngunguru Bay
Whangamumu Harbour
Bland Bay
Te Arai Point
Cape Rodney
Kawau Island
Little Barrier Island
Hokianga Harbour
BaylysBeach
Dargaville
Wellsford
Warkworth
Orewa
Whangarei
Rimariki Island
Sandi Bay
High Peak Rocks
Tiritiri Matangi
Sugarloaf Rock
Poor Knights Islands
Hen and Chicken Islands
Tutukaka
Waipu
Gulf Harbour
Marsden Point
Taiharuru Head
Bream Head
Otamatea River
Mangawhai Heads
Tauhoa
River
Wairoa River
Arapaoa River
BreamBay
Shelly Beach
Rangitira Beach
South Head
North Head
Glinks Gully
Omamari
The Black Rocks
Pakiri Beach
OceanBeach
Toetoe Point
Bream Tail
Langs Beach
Area 21, 22, 23 Page 4
30 km
N
S
EW
Area 23
Manukau Harbour to Kaipara Entrance
Excludes Manukau and Kaipara Harbours and entrance areas. Area 21
Manukau Harbour and entrance area
Manukau Harbours and entrance area.
Area 22
Kaipara Harbour and entrance area
Area 20
Area 24
Area 3a
Area 3b
Area 5a
Area 5b
Area 6
Area 7
Are
a 9
Are
a 8
BaylysBeach
Dargaville
Otamatea River
Tauhoa
River
Wairoa River
Arapaoa River
Shelly Beach
Rangitira Beach
Muriwai
Bethells Beach
Piha
ManukauHeads
Waikato River
South Head
North Head
Glinks Gully
The Black Rocks
AUCKLAND
Area 3b, 5a, 5b Page 5
10 kmN
S
EW
Area 3b
Te Arai Point to Cape Rodney
Area 5a
North of Barrier Islands
Area 5b
Barrier Islands
Area 3a
Area 9
Area 10Area 6
Mokohinau IslandsHen and Chicken
Islands
Marotere Islands
Taranga Island
Kawau Island
Coromandel Peninsula
Channel Island
Cape Barrier
Tryphena Harbour
Blind Bay
Whangaparapara Harbour
Broken Islands
PortFitzroy Great Barrier
Island
Arid Island(Rakitu Island)
Whangapua Beach
Kaitoke Beach
Shakespeare PointOruawharo Bay
Katherine Bay
Port Abercrombie
Motuhaku
Little Barrier Island
Sail Rock
Par
ry C
hann
el
Aiguilles IslandNeedles Point
Simpson Rock
Te AraiPoint
Cape Rodney
Omaha Bay
Takatu Point
Pakiri Beach
Goat Island
Warkworth
Leigh
10 km
Area 6, 7, 9 Page 6
N
S
EW
Area 9
Eastern Hauraki Gulf
Deadmans Point to Cape Colville including Channel Island.
Area 7
Inner Hauraki Gulf
Piripiri Point to Orere Point.
Area 6
Western Hauraki Gulf
Cape Rodney to Piripiri Point. East boundary is 2NM west of top of Coromandel Peninsula. South boundary is south of Gulf Harbour but north of The Noises.
Area 10
Area 5b
Area 8
Colville Bay
Te Kouma Harbour
Kirita Bay
Wilsons Bay
Hooks Bay
Manaia HarbourDeadmans
Point
Happy Jack Island (Elephant Cove)
Cape Colville
Channel IslandFlat Rock
Bon Accord HarbourM
ahurangi Harbour
Moturekareka
Motuora
Waiwera
Whangaparaoa Peninsula
Great Barrier Island
Little Barrier Island
Pakiri Beach
Takatu Point
Kawau Island
Tiritiri Matangi Island
Gulf HarbourPiripiri Point
Long Bay
North Shore
AUCKLAND
Rangitoto Island
Motutapu Island
Rakino Island
Onetangi Beach
Waiheke Island
Man o’War Bay
Pakatoa
Rotoroa
Ponui Island
KawakawaBay
The Noises
Tamaki Strait
Maraitai
Warkworth
Leigh
SnellsBeach
Pine HarbourHalf Moon Bay
Marina
Browns Island
Motuihe IslandMission
BayWaitemata Harbour
Westhaven Marina
Cape Rodney
Port Charles
Port Jackson
Waikawa Bay
Kennedy Bay
Matarangi Beach
Whangapoua Harbour
Stony Bay
Fletcher Bay
Mercury Islands
Mercury Bay
Firth ofThamesOrere Point
Whitianga
CoromandelCoromandel
Harbour
Rabbit Island
Motuoruhi
Waimate Island
Tarahiki Island (Shag Island)
Motutapere
Hautapu Channel
Cuvier Island
Orewa
Area 20, 21 Page 7
30 km
N
S
EW
Area 20
Tirau Point to entrance area of Manukau
Excludes Manukau Harbour and entrance area.
Area 21
Manukau Harbour and entrance area
Area 23
Area 19
Area 8
Piha
Manukau Heads
Raglan Harbour
TirauPoint
Aotea Harbour
Kawhia Harbour
Port Waikato (Estuary area is
included in this survey)
Clarks Beach
Auckland
Pukekohe
Hamilton
Te Awamutu
Otorohanga
Te Kuiti
Raglan
Ngaruawahia
Huntly
Area 18a, 19 Page 8
70 km
N
S
EW
Area 19
Waititora River to Tirau Point
Area 18a
Waitotara River to Manawatu River
Area 20
Area 40a
Area 40c Area 28a Area 18b
Tirau Point
Waitotara River
Kawhia Harbour
NorthTaranaki Bight
Cape Egmont
Castlecliff
Rangitikei River
Foxton Beach
SantoffForest
Cape Farewell
Stephens Island
Kapiti Island
Graham Bank
Mount Egmont(Taranaki)
Mokau River
Manawatu River
Waitara Urenui
Ahiti
Bulls
Patea
Opunake
Hawera
New Plymouth
Whanganui
Feilding
Palmerston North
Foxton
Levin
Area 8, 10, 11a, 11b, 12 Page 9
30 km
N
S
EW
Area 10
Eastern Coromandel(see also page 6 for
more detail of NE coast)
Area 11b
Middle Bay of Plenty
Area 8
Firth of Thames
Area 12
Tauranga Harbour and
both entrances
Area 9
Eastern Hauraki Gulf(see page 6
for detail)
Area 6
Area 7
Area 13
Mayor Island
Motiti Island
Mount Maunganui
Papamoa Beach
Waihi Bluff
Okurei PointWaihi Estuary
TaraweraRiver
WaihouRiver
Area 11a
Northern Bay of Plenty
Excludes Tauranga Harbour and both entrances.
Motanau Island
Rurima Island
Channel Island
Fletcher BayPort Charles
Cuvier Island
MercuryIslands
Waikawa Bay
Kennedy Bay
Whangapoua Harbour
Opito Bay
Mercury BayHahei
Hot Water Beach
Waihi BeachBowentown
Matakana Island
Tairua HarbourPauanui
Onemana
Slipper Island(Whakahau)
Cape Colville
Deadmans Point
Orere PointWaimangu
Point
White Island
Bay of Plenty
Motohora Island
Tapu
Coromandel
Oputere
Whiritoa
Waihi
Miranda
Thames
Whitianga
Whangamata
Tauranga
Katikati
MaketuTe Puke
Matata
Area 13, 14a, 14b Page 10
30 km
N
S
EW
Area 13
Eastern Bay of Plenty
Area 14a
East Cape - Northern
Area 14b
East Cape - Southern
Area 11b
Rurima Island
White Island
Moutohara Island
Omaio Bay
Hicks Bay
Waipiro Bay
Tokomaru Bay
Anaura Bay
Tolaga Bay
Waihau Bay
Poverty Bay
PapateaBay
WaihauBay
WhangararoaBay
Te Kaha
Coastlands
Ohope
Tirohanga
Hawai
TaraweraRiver
Cape Runaway
East Cape
Whareonganoa
Whakatane
Opotiki
Gisborne
Ruatoria
Te Araroa
Pouawa
Tamarau
Area 15a, 15b Page 11
70 km
N
S
EW
Area 15a
Hawke Bay - Northern
Area 15b
Hawke Bay - Southern
Area 14b
East Cape - Southern
Area 16
Whareonganoa
Wairoa River
Cape Turnagain
Tolaga Bay
Mahanga Beach
Pukenui Beach
Poverty Bay
Hawini RocksMahia BeachWhakaki
LagoonAhuriri Point
Portland Island
Gisborne
Napier
Hastings
Mohaka
Wairoa
Waipatiki Beach
Hawke Bay
Black ReekCape Kidnappers
Ocean Beach
Kairakau
PourereAramoana
Blacklead Point
Bird Island
Poroporo
Esk River
Bare Island(Motuokura)
N
S
EW
Area 16, 17, 18b, 28a, 28b, 29, 40a, 40b, 40c Page 12
Area 18a
Waitotara River to Manuwatu River
Area 40b
Cape Farewell to Kahurangi Point Area 40c
Golden & Tasman Bays and west of Stephens &
D’urvile Islands
Area 18b
Manawatu River to Titahi Bay
Includes Mana Island. See page 20 for details on west boundary.
Area 28a
Stephen Island to Tory Channel
excl. Sounds
Area 40a
North of the South Island
Excludes Golden Bay, Tasman Bay and Marlborough Sounds.
Area 17
Turakirae Head to Titahi Bay
Excludes Mana.
Area 16
Cape Turnagain to Turakirae Head
Area 28b
From Tory Channel to Clarence River (not
including Tory Channel)
Area 29
Clarence River toConway River
Area 15b
Area 30
Area 19
Area 39a
Area 27
Area 26
Stephens Island
D’urville Island
Castle Point
Riversdale
Flat Point
Glenburn
Te Awaiti
White Rock
CapePalliser
Kaikoura Peninsula
Cloudy Bay
Cape Campbell
Point Gibson
Clarence River
Tory Channel
Conway River
Baring Head Palliser Bay
Wellington
Whanganui
Palmerston North
Dannevirke
Masterton
Carterton
Featherston
Picton
Blenheim
Seddon
Cheviot
Motueka
MapuaNelson
Tasman Bay
Cape Farewell
Kahurangi Point
Karamea Bight
Farewell Spit
Golden Bay
Waitotara River
Manawatu River
Kapiti Island
Mana Island
Titahi Bay
Turakirae Head
Cape Turnagain
70 km
Porirua
Lower Hutt
Levin
Foxton
Otaki
Clifford Bay
Area 26, 27 Page 13
N
S
EW
Area 26
Marlborough Sounds
All the area inside a line from Stephens Island to Cape Jackson.
Area 27
Queen Charlotte Sound and Tory
Channel
Area 28b
Area 17
Area 18b
Area 28a
Stephens Island
Trio Islands
Jag Rocks
Chetwode Islands
Pelorus Sound
Waitata Reach
Popoure Reach
Hiko
pu R
each
Long
Islan
d
Port
Unde
rwoo
d
Admiralty Bay
Cape Stephens
Durville Island
Greville Harbour
French Pass
Maud Island
Grove Arm
Kenepuru Sound
Tory ChannelQueen Charlotte Sound
Tawhitinui Reach
Mahau Sound
Beatrix Bay
Clova Bay
East Bay
Cape Jackson
Cape Koamaru
Perano Head
Entrance to Tory Channel
The Brothers
CookStrait
Cape Lambert
PickersgillIsland
PictonHavelock
Waikawa
Portage
Furneaux Lodge
Endeavour Inlet
Resolution Bay
Ship Cove
Crail Bay
Anakoha Bay
Guards Bay
Port Gore
Waitai Bay
Alligator HeadForsyth Island
Titi Island
Wakaterepapanui Island
10 km
Area 39a, 39b Page 14
70 km
N
S
EW Area 39a
North West of South Island
Area 39b
West of South Island
Area 40bArea 40c
Area 38 Area 32
Area 31
Area 30
Awarua Point
Kahurangi Point
Abut Head
Tasman Sea
Karamea Bight
Greymouth
Hokitika
Westport
Port Elizabeth
Fox River
Punakaiki
Cape Foulwind
Little Wanganui
Carters B
eachB
uller Bay
Karamea
Charleston
Okarito
Bruce Bay
HaastJackson Bay
Area 30, 31 Page 15
30 km
N
S
EW
Area 31
Sumner Beach to Rakaia River
Area 30
Conway River to Sumner Beach
Area 29
Area 32
Conway River
Sumner Beach
Rakaia River
Christchurch
Cheviot
Gore Bay
Manuka Bay
Motunau
Pegasus Bay
CanterburyBight
LakeEllesmere
Birdlings Flat Peraki Bay
Long Bay
Hickory Bay
Port LevyLyttelton Harbour
Diamond Harbour
New BrightonWaimari Beach
Woodend BeachWaikuku Beach
Teviotdale
Lyttelton
Amberley
Kaiapoi
Rangiora
Pigeon Bay
Akaroa
Area 32, 33, 34a Page 16
60 km
N
S
EWArea 32
Rakaia River to Waitaki River
Area 33
Waitaki River to Tokomirira River
Area 34a
Tokomirira River to Long Point
Area 34b
Area 31
Waitaki River
Tokomirira River
Long Point
Rakaia River
Port Chalmers
Moeraki (Boulders)
Katiki BeachShag Point
Taieri Beach
Otago Harbour
Measly Beach
Molyneux BayTokata Point
Surat BayCosgrove Island
OtagoPeninsula
Dunedin
Milton
BalcluthaKaitangata
Owaka
Palmerston
Timaru
Ashburton
Oamaru
CanterburyBight
Akaroa Harbour
N
S
EW
Area 33, 34a, 34b, 35, 36, 37, 38 Page 17
Area 38
Southwest of the South Island
From Te Waewae Inlet in the south to Awarua Point in the North. Includes Fiordland and Sounds (eg, Dusky, Doubtful, Milford). Area 36
Stewart Island, Ruapuke Island and surrounds
Excludes Patterson Inlet.
Area 35
Te Waewae Inlet in the west to Slope Point in the east
Area 34b
Long Point to Slope Point
Area 34a
Tokomirira River to Long Point
Area 39b
Area 33
Area 37 (Patterson Inlet)
Awarua Point
Tasman Sea
Stewart Island
Ruapuke Island
Foveaux Strait
Breaksea Island
Tokomirira River
Shag Point
Katiki Beach
Otago Peninsula
Port Chalmers
Prices Harbour
Fiordland
Molyneux Bay
Measly Beach
Te Waewae Bay
RivertonOreti B
each
Steep Head
Invercargill
Dunedin
Big Glory BayDoughboy Bay
Mason Bay
North Arm
South West Arm
South Arm
BluffAurarua Bay
Dog Island
Toetoes Bay Curio Bay
Marks Bay
Cathedral Caves
Tautuku Bay
Long Point
Cosgrove Island
Surat Bay
Tokata Point
Waipapa Point Slope
Point(Irihuka)
Te Waewae Inlet
Paihia Point Colac
Bay
Raratoka Island
(Centre Island)
New River Estuary
Resolution Island
Dusky Sound
West Cape
Providence Rocks
Western Passage
Eastern Passa
geChalky
Island
Coal Island
Milford SoundSutherland Sound
Bligh Sound
George SoundCaswell Sound
Charles Sound
Nancy SoundDoubtful SoundDagg Sound
Poison Bay
60 km
Milton
BalcluthaKaitangata
Owaka
Palmerston