No. 76. 2095

THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1903.

Regulations for Trout-fishing, Auckland Acclimatisation District.

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this eighteenth day of September, 1903.

Present:

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE R. J. SEDDON PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in him by “The Fisheries Conservation Act, 1884,” and the Acts amending the same (hereinafter called “the said Acts”), His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby make the following regulations for all that part of the colony known as “the Auckland Acclimatisation District,” as the same is defined in the said regulations, and the waters thereof; and doth hereby declare that these regulations shall, as from the date of publication thereof in the New Zealand Gazette, supersede all regulations at variance therewith.

REGULATIONS.

1. Licenses to fish for trout in all waters within that district or part of the North Island known as “the Auckland Acclimatisation District,” which includes the Counties of Rodney, Waitemata, Eden, Manukau, Coromandel, Thames, Ohinemuri, Raglan, Waikato, Waipa, Piako, Rotorua, Kawhia, and Taupo West, shall be issued under the hand of the secretary of the Auckland Acclimatisation Society (hereinafter termed “the said society”), or any one authorised by the said secretary in that behalf, and such license shall entitle the person named therein to fish in every acclimatisation district from the first day of October in any one year to the fifteenth day of April in the year following, subject to the said Acts, and any special regulations made thereunder in force in any such district affecting any particular stream, river, or water therein: Provided that the secretary may refuse to issue a license to any person who within the previous two years has been convicted of any breach of the provisions of any Act relating to fishing for trout, or any regulations made thereunder.

2. Licenses available in any acclimatisation district throughout New Zealand may be issued at the following rates:—

Licenses for men: Twenty shillings for the whole season; five shillings for one month; and two shillings and sixpence for one week.

Licenses for women, and for boys attending school or under the age of sixteen years: Ten shillings for the whole season; three shillings for one month; or one shilling and sixpence for one week.

3. Any holder of a license may fish with rod and line for trout, and may use a landing-net or gaff to secure any trout caught with such rod and line, from the first day of October in any one year to the fifteenth day of April in the year following, both inclusive.

4. No license shall authorise any person other than the person named therein to fish, and that with natural or artificial fly, insect, worm, or fish only.

5. No person shall have in his possession any of the Salmonidæ or trout between the eighteenth day of April and the thirtieth day of September, which period is hereby appointed a close season for all such fish: Provided always that this regulation shall not apply to fish caught by the officers of the said society for purposes of acclimatisation.

6. No person shall put, throw, or place, or allow to be put, thrown, or placed, into any river or stream, or at the mouth or entrance of any such river or stream, any dynamite or other explosive substance, or any sawdust or sawmill refuse, or refuse from a flax-mill, or anything of any kind or description whatever poisonous, deleterious, or noxious to fish.

7. No person shall fish for trout without a license; and every person fishing shall, on demand of any Ranger, constable, member of the said society, or person producing a license, produce and show to such Ranger, member, constable, or person his license, and the contents of his creel or bag, and the bait used by him for taking, catching, or killing such trout.

8. Every trout not exceeding 9 in. in length from nose to tip of tail taken or caught by any person shall immediately be returned alive into the water from which the same is taken.

9. No cross-line fishing, stroke-hauling, or any other unsportsmanlike device shall be used for the purpose of taking, catching, or killing trout; nor shall any of the above-mentioned baits be used with any medicated or chemical preparation whatever.

10. Except as aforesaid, no person shall fish with or use any net or other engine, instrument, or device for taking fish in any river or stream within the district aforesaid, or at the mouth or entrance of any such river or stream.

11. For the purposes of these regulations, the mouth of every such river or stream shall be deemed to include every outlet of the same and the sea-shore between such outlets, and shall extend over a radius of one-quarter of a mile from the point or line where the waters of such river or stream meet those of the sea or of any harbour at low water.

12. No person shall buy, sell, or expose or offer for sale, or shall fish for the purpose of obtaining for sale, any trout, or any part thereof.

13. The penalty for the breach of any of these regulations shall not be less than forty shillings or more than fifty pounds.

14. If any person shall be convicted of any offence against these regulations the license (if any) held by the offender shall thereupon become void.

J. F. ANDREWS,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.