Open Season for Game in Acclimatisation Districts—South Island

This notice applies only to the open season for game in those acclimatisation districts which fall within the South Island.

Pursuant to the Wildlife Act 1953, the Minister of Internal Affairs declares an open season for game of the kinds specified in the acclimatisation districts specified in the Second Schedule hereto, and during the periods and shooting hours set forth in relation to each district, except in the closed game areas published in the Gazette of 25 March 1970, and any subsequent Gazette notice, and in this notice, and subject to the special conditions published in this notice; and hereby calls the attention of sportsmen and others to the daily game possession limits set forth in the First Schedule hereto, and to the provisions set forth or referred to in the Fourth Schedule of the Gazette of 25 March 1970. Any person hunting or killing game otherwise than in the terms of this notification (including the special conditions specified in relation to any acclimatisation district) is liable on conviction to a fine of $100.

IMPORTANT—The closed game areas published in the Gazette of 25 March 1970 apply to the 1971 open season for game, subject to any amendments thereto and deletions therefrom published in this notice.

FIRST SCHEDULE

DAILY GAME POSSESSION LIMIT

Except where all game is labelled with the following details:

(a) The name and address of the person by whom the game was taken;

(b) The number of the licence to hunt or kill game held by the person by whom the game was taken;

(c) The name of the acclimatisation society by which that licence was issued; and

(d) The date on which the game was taken.

No person shall have in his possession on any day game in excess of the following numbers:

Saturday, 1 May 1971: A number of game corresponding to the number specified in this notification as the daily bag limit.

Sunday, 2 May 1971: Twice the number of game specified for Saturday, 1 May 1971.

Every subsequent day: As for Saturday, 1 May 1971.

SECOND SCHEDULE

Ashburton Acclimatisation District

REFERENCE to description: Gazette, No. 68, of 28 September 1933, at page 2463.

Daily Bag Limits

Grey duck, 10. Shoveler (or spoonbill), 5. Mallard duck, 15. Paradise duck, 3. Grey, shoveler (or spoonbill), paradise, and mallard duck, 15 in all.

Shooting hours: 6.30 a.m. to 6.30 p.m.

Decoy limit: 25.

Special Conditions

A licence issued subject to this notification to hunt or kill game shall entitle the holder thereof to hunt or kill game on that portion of the bank and bed of the Rakaia River which lies within the North Canterbury Acclimatisation District; and on that portion of the flood bed of the Rangitata River which lies within the South Canterbury Acclimatisation District, during the period and subject, mutatis mutandis, to the conditions prescribed in this notification fixing the open season for those districts.

Marlborough Acclimatisation District

REFERENCE to description: Gazette, No. 17, of 12 March 1925, at page 751.

Daily Bag Limits

Grey duck, 10. Shoveler (or spoonbill), 5. Mallard duck (female), 10. Mallard drake, 15. Paradise duck, 3. Grey, shoveler (or spoonbill), paradise, and mallard (male and female) duck, 10 in all, except that 5 extra mallard drakes only may be taken.

Shooting hours: 6.30 a.m. to 6.30 p.m.

Decoy limit: 25.

Special Conditions

A licence issued pursuant to this notification shall entitle the holder thereof to hunt or kill game on that portion of the bank and bed of the Conway River which lies within the North Canterbury Acclimatisation District during the period and subject, mutatis mutandis, to the conditions prescribed in the notification fixing an open season in that district.

Nelson Acclimatisation District

REFERENCE to description: Gazette, No. 78, of 4 October 1951, at page 1465.

Daily Bag Limits

Grey duck, 7. Shoveler (or spoonbill), 3. Mallard duck (female), 7. Mallard drake, 12. Grey, shoveler (or spoonbill), and mallard (male and female) duck, 7 in all, except that 5 extra mallard drakes only may be taken.

Shooting hours: 6.30 a.m. to 6.30 p.m.

Decoy limit: 25.

North Canterbury Acclimatisation District

REFERENCE to description: Gazette, No. 68, of 28 September 1933, at page 2463.