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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 15

Imposing Conditions and Restrictions on the Taking of Quinnat Salmon (Onchorynchus tschawytscha) for Purposes of Sale.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 23rd day of February, 1925.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS it is provided by sections eighty-three and ninety-four of the Fisheries Act, 1908 (hereinafter called “the said Act”), that the Governor-General in Council may from time to time, by Order in Council gazetted, make regulations (to have force and effect throughout New Zealand or only in such waters or places as are specified in the regulations), for all or any of the purposes specified in the said sections:

And whereas it is desirable to impose conditions and restrictions upon the taking of quinnat salmon (Onchorynchus tschawytscha) for the purposes of sale:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon him by the said Act, and of all other powers and authorities enabling him in that behalf, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby make the following regulations for the purposes aforesaid, and doth hereby order that they shall have force and effect within the waters specified in the said regulations; and, further, doth hereby revoke the regulations set forth in the Fourth Schedule hereto relating to the taking of quinnat salmon for sale.

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REGULATIONS.

1. In these regulations the term “Minister” means the Minister of Marine, and includes any person acting by or under the authority or direction of such Minister.

2. Subject to these regulations, it shall be lawful for any person duly licensed in that behalf to take salmon for purposes of sale from the 1st day of February to the 15th day of May, 1925.

3. Licenses shall be issued in the discretion of the Minister and under the hand of the Secretary of Marine in the form prescribed in the First Schedule hereto, and the fees payable in respect of such licenses shall be those respectively prescribed in the Second Schedule hereto.

4. The areas of waters within which salmon may be taken by means of nets or traps pursuant to these regulations shall be those more specifically defined in the Third Schedule hereto: Provided that the issue of licenses to take salmon in that part of the Waimakariri River defined in the said Third Schedule shall be subject to the following restrictions:—

(a.) The taking of salmon by the process known as “drag-netting” shall be prohibited during the period from midnight of Friday in any one week until midnight of the Sunday following, except within that area below a straight line drawn from Hockley’s house, on the left bank of the river, to Chaston’s house on the right bank.

(b.) No set net shall be placed in the waters of the river above a straight line drawn from Hockley’s house on the northern side to Chaston’s house on the southern side.

5. Any person duly licensed in that behalf may take salmon by means of a set-net, seine-net, hauling-net, pound-net, or trap constructed of wire-netting or twine or by rod and line.

6. The Minister may, in his discretion, limit the number of nets or traps which may be used in any of the said areas of waters, and may at any time order the holder of a license to remove any net or trap if in the opinion of the Minister it is necessary or advisable to do so; and upon any such order being given the said holder shall forthwith comply with the same.

7. No net or trap shall be placed or used in any of the said areas of waters within a distance of 20 chains from any established net or trap belonging to a holder of a license under these regulations.

8. The size of mesh of any net used for taking salmon shall be not less than 4 in., except in the case of set-nets, which shall be not less than 6 in., in each case between knot and knot of opposite corners.

9. Sea fishermen duly licensed under the provisions of Part I of the said Act may, upon payment of a license fee of £5, receive a license to take salmon for sale from the sea outside a radius of five hundred yards from the mouth or entrance of any river,

10. The holder of a license to take salmon for sale shall, within seven days of the expiry of such license, or of his ceasing to fish, whichever first happens, remove any net, trap, or stakes used by him for taking salmon.

11. Any trout accidentally taken by the holder of a license under these regulations shall be forthwith put back into the waters whence it came.

12. The licensee shall forward to the Minister, in such form and at such times as may be prescribed, returns of all salmon taken by him pursuant to these regulations.

13. Any person committing a breach of these regulations shall be liable to a fine of £20 and to the immediate cancellation of his license.

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FIRST SCHEDULE.

LICENSE TO TAKE SALMON FOR PURPOSES OF SALE.

THE holder of this license [Name in full], of [Address and occupation or calling], having this day paid the sum of pounds (£ ), is hereby authorized to take quinnat salmon for purposes of sale from the day of 1925, until the 15th day of May, 1925, by means of set-net, seine-net, hauling-net, pound-net, trap, or rod and line, subject to all regulations in force for the time being relating to the taking of quinnat salmon for the purposes of sale.

Dated at , this day of , 19 .

…………, Secretary of Marine.

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SECOND SCHEDULE.

SCALE OF FEES FOR LICENSES TO TAKE SALMON FOR SALE.

For a license to take salmon with nets or traps … 5
For a license to take salmon with rod and line … 2
For a license for licensed fishermen to take salmon at sea 5
For a license to take salmon with rod and line by the holder of a license to take trout … 1

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THIRD SCHEDULE.

AREAS OF TIDAL WATERS WITHIN WHICH QUINNAT SALMON MAY BE TAKEN BY MEANS OF NETS OR TRAPS FOR PURPOSES OF SALE.

The Clutha River.—On the Koau Branch from the mouth to a straight line drawn from the river end of the boundary-line between Sections 6 and 7, Block II, Inch-Clutha, to the opposite bank.

On the Matau Branch from its junction with the Koau Branch to a straight line from the river end of the boundary-line between Sections 4 and 5, Block III, Inch-Clutha, to the opposite bank.

The Waitaki River.—Between a straight line drawn from the south bank of the river at Uxbridge Railway-station to the Redcliffs on the north bank, and the Kurow–Hakatarama Bridge.

The Rangitata River.—From the railway-bridge to the traffic-bridge.

The Rakaia River.—From a right line drawn across the head of Great Island at Trig. Station Y to the Gorge Bridge.

The Waimakariri River.—The mouth or entrance east of a straight line drawn at right angles to the course of the said river and across the said river from the eastern corner of Rural Section 1393, in the Mandeville Survey District, the said corner of Rural Section 1393 being two miles or thereabouts in an easterly direction from the main bridge over the Waimakariri River to the Town of Kaiapoi.

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FOURTH SCHEDULE.

F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council,