to catch salmon the trawlers need to be large, the inshore ones are to smalland to slow. they need trawl at about 8 or 9knots salmon have a speed in the 20+ km per hr range. commercial inshore set netters are a bigger problem for salmon.
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Whitebait Season starts 1 September 2026 and ends 30 October (inclusive). Chatham Islands: 1 December to the last day of February (inclusive)
