POACHERS pillaging Northland marine reserves of fish have prompted a crackdown by Department of Conservation rangers. Over the holiday season, the rangers have busted six people flouting the rules in the Whangarei Harbour and Poor Knights marine reserves.

YOUR LIMITS

• Crayfish: 6 per diver; minimum size, 52-60mm, depending on sex.

• Paua: 10 each; minimum size, 125mm.

• Snapper: 9 each, minimum size 27cm.

• Kina: 50 per person

• Green-lipped mussels: 50 per person

• Tuatua: 150 per person

• Toheroa: must not be taken unless an open season is declared by the Ministry of Fisheries.

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