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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
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(d) any artificial fly having more than one hook or having a multiple hook;
(e) any bait or lure treated with any medicinal or chemical preparation other than—
(i) In the case of artificial fly, oil used solely to give buoyancy to such flies; and
(ii) In the case of natural baits, a formalin or other preservative preparation;
(f) any wire, either plain or twisted, or any gimp trace or cast of a greater thickness than 0.82 mm;
(g) any wire or gimp trace or cast of a greater length than 1.8 metres;
(h) on or in conjunction with any spoonbait, minnow, or other lure any double or treble hook or other fixed multiple assembly of hooks any one hook of which has a greater distance than 13 mm between the point and the nearest part of the shank of the hook; or
(i) in conjunction with any spoonbait or artificial minnow, any lead or weight affixed to the trace or line at a distance of less than 38 mm above the lure.

(2) No person in fishing for acclimatised fish shall—
(a) Use any natural lure or bait in any high country waters;
(b) fish from any mechanically propelled boat in any lakes except Lakes Ellesmere, Forsyth, Coleridge, and Sumner at a distance of at least 200 m from any person fishing from the shore;
(c) fish from any boat in any high country waters except Lakes Coleridge, Georgina, Lyndon, Pearson, Taylor, Katrine, and Sumner, in which lakes any non-mechanically propelled boat may be used;
(d) use any lure or bait other than artificial fly in Lakes Ida, Catherine (also known as Monk), Sarah, Marymere, or Sheppard;

11. Daily limit bag—(1) No person shall on any one day take, kill or have in possession more than 14 trout or salmon of which—
    (a) not more than 10 may be quinnat salmon and not more than 10 may be trout taken from other waters.

(2) No person shall continue to fish for trout or salmon on any day on which he has already taken or killed 14 trout or salmon.

(3) It shall be permissible to make up the difference between a lesser limit bag prescribed in one place and a higher limit bag prescribed in another place.

Approved at Wellington this 16th day of December 1983.

M. J. BELGRAVE,
Assistant Director-General of Agriculture and Fisheries.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This note is not part of the notice but is intended to indicate its general effect.

This notice sets the conditions under which a current licence holder may fish for acclimatised fish in the North Canterbury acclimatisation districts.

District Anglers Notice South Canterbury and Waitaki Valley Acclimatisation District.

PURSUANT to section 71 of the Fisheries Act 1983, the South Canterbury and Waitaki Valley Acclimatisation Societies hereby give the following District Anglers Notice.

NOTICE

1. Title and commencement—This notice may be cited as the District Anglers (South Canterbury and Waitaki Valley Acclimatisation District) Notice 1983, and shall come into force on 1 January 1984.

2. Interpretation—Words and expressions in this notice which are defined in the Fisheries Act 1983 or the Freshwater Fisheries Regulations 1983 have the meanings so defined.

3. Open season—Fishing for acclimatised fish by licence holders shall be permitted during the period from the 1st day of October in any year to the 30th day of April in the following year (both days inclusive), provided that:

(a) There shall be an open season in the Rangitata River downstream from the bridge on the Main North Road from the first Saturday after Queen’s Birthday Weekend to the 31st day of August in the same year (both dates inclusive);

(b) There shall be an open season in Lakes Tekapo, Aviemore, Benmore and in the Tekapo-Pukaki canal from the 1st day of May to the 31st day of August in the same year (both dates inclusive);

(c) There shall be no close season in the Pukaki-Ohau hydro canal.

(d) No person shall fish—

(i) During the period commencing on the 1st day of October and ending with the Friday preceding the first Saturday in November, for acclimatised fish in Lake Alexandrina, Lake McGregor, Lake Murray, Lake Ohau, or Lake Middleton, or in any small high-country tarn, or in the tributaries of the said lakes and tarns, or in Deep Stream (a tributary of Waitaki River) east of the bridge where it enters Lake Aviemore, or in the Ahuriri River or its tributaries, or in the Otematata River or its tributaries, or in the Ohau River or its tributaries;

(ii) During the months of March and April, for acclimatised fish in Lynn Creek or its tributaries, or in the Rangitata River or its tributaries above the point approximately 1.6 km downstream from Forest Creek, that point being more particularly shown by white posts on the river banks;

(iii) During the months of March and April, for acclimatised fish in the Rangitata River from west end of the Rangitata Gorge downstream to its confluence with Boundary Creek, both points being more particularly shown by white posts on the river banks;

(iv) During the month of April for salmon in the Waitaki River between the Waitaki Hydro Dam and a line running beneath and parallel to the power lines across the river south-west of Bortons, or in any tributary of that part of the Waitaki River;

(v) During the months of February, March, and April, for acclimatised fish in Larch Stream;

(vi) During the period commencing on the 1st day of October and ending with the Friday preceding the first Saturday in November, for acclimatised fish in the Ahuriri River upstream from its confluence with Longslip Creek, or in any of its tributaries, or tarns or lagoons in the Ahuriri Valley upstream from this confluence;

(vii) At any time for acclimatised fish in the outlet creek between Lake Alexandrina and Lake McGregor;

(viii) At any time, for acclimatised fish in any boat harbour or from either side of any mole at any boat harbour in Lake Aviemore or Lake Benmore;

(ix) At any time for acclimatised fish in the Awakino Stream or from the south bank of Lake Waitaki between the notice at the east end of the spawning race and the Aviemore Dam;

(x) In all or any part of the Waitaki River demonstration channels during research activities when, in the opinion of the Director-General or any person authorised by him in writing, special circumstances justify prohibition of fishing.

4. Authorised tackle—(1) Every person shall fish for, take or kill acclimatised fish using only a rod and running line provided that for:

   (a) playing an acclimatised fish, a landing net or gaff may be used to secure or land any such fish;

   (b) taking small indigenous fish for bait in angling, a bait net not over 1.8 metres in length may be used;

   (c) keeping alive acclimatised fish lawfully taken with rod and line in the same water, a keep net not over 1.8 metres in length may be used.

(2) No person shall use in fishing for acclimatised fish or have under his control more than one assembled rod and running line at any one time.

(3) No person shall fish for acclimatised fish with a rod and line unless he is in actual attendance within 15 metres of the rod and has the rod under his own visual observation.

5. Prohibition on unauthorised fishing tackle, etc.—No person shall, when fishing for acclimatised fish or when in possession of an assembled fishing rod and gear suitable for fishing for acclimatised fish, have in his possession or under his control or convey or cause to be conveyed to the vicinity of any place where he is fishing or proposes to fish, any paravane, any stroke-hauling or foul-hooking gear, any spear, any narcotic or poisonous substance or liquid injurious to fish.

6. Authorised use of nets—(1) No person shall use or cause to be used for any purpose a net of any description, except as provided for in clause 4 of this notice, except:

   (a) A whitebait net;

   (b) any net used for taking fish for the purposes of management or scientific investigations pursuant to an authority granted pursuant to section 72 of the Act.