Fishing quotas and regulations are on the menu for Bay of Plenty anglers today when they sit down with Labour's spokesperson for fisheries Damien O'Connor.

As part of a two day tour of the Waikato, Coromandel and Bay of Plenty the labour spokesperson will make one final stop at Mount Maunganui's Sports Fishing Club at 4.45pm to discuss commercial and recreation fishing.

Labour's spokesperson for fisheries Damien O'Connor. Photo: Supplied.

The theme of the meetings is 'Local Fishing Issues: Listening and Learning' in what is being described as 'powerful opportunities” for people to make it clear how much they care for their inshore fisheries.

Damien aims to listen to local fishing knowledge and discuss any concerns Bay of Plenty anglers have.

The Labour MP's visit comes a nearly a month after Ministry for Primary Industries introduced tighter snapper limits for Bay recreational fishers.

From April 1 snapper bag limits for recreational fishers are reduced from nine to seven per day, with the minimum size rising from 27- 30cm.

These new limits apply to all recreational fishers in the Snapper 1 region – including North Cape and the Eastern Bay of Plenty.

Commercial fishers can still take 25cm snapper and their total catch limit remains unchanged at 4500 tonnes. There are no changes to the bag limits minimum legal sizes outside the area.

The Ministry for Primary Industries announced the restrictions in a long term plan to improve New Zealand's most valuable inshore finfish fishery. The changes will help improve the sustainability of snapper stocks and are part of a larger SNA1 management programme, says the ministry.

MPI says gentle handling and careful return of unwanted or undersized fish contributes to the sustainability of the fishery through increasing survival rates.

The meeting runs from 4.45 – 5.45pm at the Mount Maunganui Sports Fishing Club, corner of The Mall and Salisbury Avenue.