NZ Fishing Rules

Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI)

About this app

Get recreational fish species information on the go with the NZ Fishing Rules App. The application helps you to identify recreational fish species common in your area through images, then displays relevant information such as the minimum legal size, maximum daily limits and area bag limits. Short videos embedded within the application show how to release undersize fish correctly and also how to measure/determine the sex of crayfish. Local notices will give you updates on any temporary closures in the area.

Ratings and reviews

What is basically a good app is let down by the lack of any mapping interface. To describe random places and regions by local names required the user to know them. Every such reference needs to be backed up by a map showing all such areas as active links

Fish id is next to useless. Sure photo id can filter to candidates, instead of user have to scroll thumbnail images trying to find match... If user clicks though fish species to closures there is no way back to select another species other than restarting the whole drill down process again (time waster feature?)

Would be great if the App could be made to work offline, many harvesting spots are out of good coverage areas and makes checking your limits difficult or impossible. Please look into this. Also struggles to get past the disclaimer page on a regular basis.