Fishing Regulations




1996
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 60

REGULATIONS.

  1. DURING the period from 1st day of October, 1932, to the 30th day of September, 1933, no person shall take trout by any means whatsoever in that portion of the Wanganni River between the Matapuna Railway Bridge and the Victory Bridge at Taumarunui, nor in that portion of the Waipa River between the pit of the Otorohanga Gravel Company, Limited, and the eastern boundary of the Meadowlands Farm main drain, nor during the period from the 1st day of October, 1932, to the 30th day of September, 1934, in the Little Puriri, Omahine, Rapa Rapa, and Kauaeranga Streams.

  2. No person shall use as bait any shell-fish, fish-ova, koura, houhou, or matai grub or earthworms, or any bait or lure other than natural or artificial fly, or natural or artificial minnow, or any small indigenous fish, insect, grasshopper, beetle, or spider: Provided that in respect of those rivers specified in Column One of the Schedule hereto no person shall use any bait or lure other than that specified in Column Two of the said Schedule.

  3. Every trout not exceeding 12 in. in length from tip of nose to tip of tail taken or caught by any person shall immediately be returned alive, with as little damage or hurt as possible, into the water from which the same has been taken.

SCHEDULE.

Column One. Column Two.
Oraka, Mangakahu, Maungatawhiri, South Wairoa, Waimiha, Oamaru Rivers, the Ongarue River between its source to the Waimiha Railway-station, the Waihou River between its source and the Oxford Bridge on the Tirau–Rotorua Road, Moakuraru Stream between its source and its junction with the Oamaru River, Hay’s Creek (Hunua Gorge Creek), and the Ararimu Creek Tributaries of the Waipa River, Puniu River between its junctions with the Wairaka and Waipara Rivers, Waimakariri, Waiomou, Little Waipa, Pokaiwhenua, and Mangatangi Rivers Natural or artificial fly.
Awakino Stream and in the Waipa River upstream from the Pirongia Bridge Artificial fly.
Waikato River between the Arapuni Dam and Horahora Artificial fly, artificial minnow, or spoon bait.
Ongarue River below the Waimiha Railway-station Artificial fly or spoon bait.
Lake Arapuni from a point 80 chains above the dam to the spillway Natural or artificial fly, or natural or artificial minnow, or spoon bait.
Lake Arapuni, excepting from spillway to point 80 chains above the dam Artificial fly other than spinning fly. Natural or artificial fly, artificial minnow, or some form of spoon bait, any of which baits or lures shall not be of a greater length than 2½ in.

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

Amending Regulations for Trout and Perch Fishing in the Wellington Acclimatization District.

BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 7th day of September, 1932.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by Order in Council dated the thirty-first day of August, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-one, and published at page 2534 in the Gazette of the third day of the following month, regulations were made for trout and perch fishing in the Wellington Acclimatization District:

And whereas it is desirable to amend the said regulations:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in him by the Fisheries Act, 1908, and its amendments, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby revoke Regulations 5, 6, 7, and 16 of the regulations made on the thirty-first day of August, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-one, and doth hereby make the following regulations in lieu thereof, and doth hereby declare that such regulations shall take effect as from the date of publication thereof in the Gazette.

REGULATIONS.

“5. No person shall fish for trout, perch, or other acclimatized fish in the upper reaches of the Waikanae River and its tributaries from its junction with the Ngatiawa River.

“6. No lures or baits, other than artificial ones, shall be used in the following rivers and streams and their tributaries: The Wainui-o-Mata; the Wainui tributary of the Whakatiki; the Mungaroa and its tributaries; the Koro Koro; the Akatarawa and its tributaries; the Pukuratahi and its tributaries; the Belmont Stream; the Horokiwi; the Pahautanui and its tributaries (Hutt County); the South Karori; the Porirua; the Kaiwarra (Makara County); the Mangaone; the Otaki and its tributaries, above the railway-bridge; the Waitohu; the Waikawa; the Waikanae, above Buchanan’s house; the Mangahao and its tributaries, above and including the dams (2); the Horipiti Dam; the Tokomaru; the Ohau and its tributaries, above the railway-bridge (Horowhenua County); Abbott’s Creek; the Mangatarera and the Mangatiriri; the Waipoua and its tributaries; the Ruamahunga and its tributaries, from the Te Ore Ore Road Bridge to its source; the Kourarau Stream, including dams (2), (Wairarapa); the Kahutarawa; the Tiritaea (Kairanga County); the Makakahi and its tributaries, within the boundaries of the Eketahuna County; the Mangatainoka and its tributaries, throughout the whole course; the Makuri and its tributaries (Pahiatua County); the Hautapu, southward from Waiouru; the Moawhango: Provided that in the Rangitikei River from the Moawhango Road crossing at the Hawke’s Bay boundary to the sea, and in the Oroua River from the Awahuri Bridge to its junction with the Manawatu River, live baits may be used: And provided, further, that in the Hutt River from the Belmont Stream to the Moonshine Bridge no person shall use any lure or bait other than artificial bait and bully.

“7. No person shall use any sinker or weight exceeding the weight of 3 B.B. shot when fishing with live bait in waters where such bait may be used: Provided that weight sinkers may be used for perch-fishing in the Tauherenikau River up to the bridge crossing the river on the Featherston–Martinborough Road, and in the Ruamahunga River up to the bridge crossing the river on the Kahatura Road, and also in the Wairarapa Lake and lagoons.

“(NOTE.—One B.B. shot weighs one-fiftieth of an ounce (avoirdupois) and measures 18/100 of one inch, or between 5 and 6 to one inch.)

“16. No person shall take or catch more than fifteen trout in any one day.”

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

Amending Regulations for Trout-fishing in the Feilding and District Acclimatization District.

BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 7th day of September, 1932.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by Order in Council dated the ninth day of September, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-nine, and published in the Gazette of the twelfth day of the same month, at page 2454, regulations were made for trout-fishing in the Feilding and District Acclimatization District:

And whereas it is desirable to amend the said regulations in the manner hereinafter described:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon him by Part II of the Fisheries Act, 1908, 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 amend clause ten of the said regulations by deleting the words “9 inches,” and substituting the words “10 inches” in lieu thereof.

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



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