date:Jun 11, 2012
receiver returns - to ensure all eels caught are counted against quota. These returns are audited by the Ministry.
The most effective place to monitor compliance of the maximum legal size limit is at the premises of the licensed fish receivers who process the eels before export. Fishery officers make inspections of these premises. Few breaches have been detected to date.
Freshwater eels are a commercially fished species, taken under the Fisheries Act 1996 and therefore available for commercial