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Unattended whitebait fishing net

Worker removing unattended whitebait fishing net, Waikato River.

A Department of Conservation officer removes an unattended whitebait fishing net from the Waikato River. A whitebaiting rule is that whitebaiters must be within 10 m of their net all the time it is in the water.

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Rights: Peter Drury, Waikato Times
Published: 19 March 2014Size: 54.25 KB
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