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Boat ramp self-certification

Rule 7 of the Bay of Plenty Regional Pest Management Plan 2020–2030 requires all occupiers of vessels or craft using a boat ramp with a self-certification checkpoint to complete a self-certification form. 

Before launching, the self-certification form must be submitted either electronically or displayed in the vehicle used to launch the vessel or craft.  

  1. No person shall leave boat trailers in any water body other than for the purposes of launching and/or retrieving boats. 
  2. No person shall transport ballast water from any water body to any other location. 
  3. All occupiers of vessels or craft entering any water body within the Bay of Plenty shall check, clean and dry their vessels or craft (including trailers) to ensure they are free from freshwater pests, including fragments.
  4. All occupiers of vessels or craft using a boat ramp with a self-certification checkpoint must complete a supplied certification form.
  5. All recreational equipment (including fishing, diving, waterskiing, and buoyancy equipment and waders) is free of freshwater pests.  

Please complete the self-certification form below as evidence that your vessel or craft complies. 

For more information, read about how to Check, Clean, Dry.