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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
No. 143

3. Open season—(1) Fishing for acclimatised fish by licence holders shall be permitted—

(a) In respect of all rivers and streams flowing into Lakes Hawea, Wanaka, Wakatipu, Te Anau, Manapouri, Monowai, Poteriteri, and Hakapoua, and the lower Waiau River from Pearl Harbour to the eastern boundary of the district, or into any lake draining into those lakes, and the tributaries of those rivers and streams, except the Waiau River, from the 1st day of November in any year to the 31st day of May in the next succeeding year (both days inclusive);

(b) In respect of all waters draining into the Tasman Sea between Makawhio Point and Puysegur Point (but excluding all those waters draining into Deep Cove, Doubtful Sound, via the hydro-electric outfall from Lake Manapouri), from the 1st day of September in any year to the 31st day of May in the next succeeding year (both days inclusive);

(c) In respect of Lakes Hawea, Wanaka, Wakatipu, Te Anau, Manapouri, Monowai, Hauroko, Poteriteri and Hakapoua, from the 1st day of September in any year to the 31st day of August in the next succeeding year (both days inclusive);

(d) In respect of Diamond Creek between its confluence with the Rees River (as indicated by a black and white striped marker post) and its outflow from Reid Lake, from the 1st day of November in any year to the 31st day of March in the next succeeding year (both days inclusive);

(e) In respect of all other waters in the district, including the Waiau River between Lakes Te Anau and Manapouri, Mill Creek (which flows into Lake Hayes), and the hydro-electric outfall from Lake Manapouri into Deep Cove, Doubtful Sound, from the 1st day of October in any year to the 31st day of May in the next succeeding year (both days inclusive):

Provided that no person shall take acclimatised fish at any time in the following waters:

(a) That portion of Lake Wanaka which lies within 150 metres of any part of the launch wharf at the township of Wanaka;

(b) Queenstown Bay, Lake Wakatipu, inside a straight line drawn from the outermost point of the Tourist Park to the point where the south bank of One Mile Creek meets Lake Wakatipu;

(c) That portion of the Waiau River that lies within 100 metres of any part of the wharf at the Fiordland Travel Company’s Tourist Centre on the Waian River, Lake Manapouri;

(d) That portion of the Moeraki River that lies upstream from Lake Moeraki;

(e) The Windbag Stream;

(f) That portion of Lake Wakatipu that lies within 100 metres of any part of the wharf in Black Bay (commonly known as the Walter Peak Jetty);

(g) Any waters in which acclimatised fish are held in captivity for display purposes pursuant to an authority given under the Freshwater Fisheries Regulations 1983;

(h) Mill Creek (which flows into Lake Hayes) from the Speargrass Flat Road bridge to the Falls.

(2) Notwithstanding anything in subclause (1) of this clause no person shall take quinnat or chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) from any waters draining into the Tasman Sea between Makawhio Point and Puysegur Point.

4. Restrictions on methods of fishing—(1) No person shall take acclimatised fish by any means other than with one rod and running line, or use for the purpose of taking acclimatised fish—

(a) Any strokehauling or foulhooking gear; or

(b) Any gaff; or

(c) Any spear or similar instrument; or

(d) Any hook which has a distance greater than 14 mm between the point and the nearest part of the shank or hook; or

(e) Any lure having attached thereto more than 2 hooks, which may be either single hooks or multiple hook units; or

(f) Any net, trap, wire netting, or similar device; or

(g) More than 2 lures; or

(h) Any unsportsmanlike device:

Provided that this subclause shall not prohibit the use with artificial fly of a dropper having only 1 hook (which may be either a single hook or a multiple hook unit) or the use of a landing net to secure any acclimatised fish lawfully taken.

(2) No person shall foulhook or attempt to foulhook any acclimatised fish.

(3) No person shall take acclimatised fish with a set rod, unless—

(a) He is fishing from a boat of which he is the sole occupant; or

(b) Where there are 2 or more occupants of the boat, he has the actual physical control of the navigation of the boat; or

(c) He remains within 15 metres of his rod.

(4) No person who is actually fishing for acclimatised fish with a rod and running line from a boat shall have in his possession any other assembled rod.

5. Restrictions on lures—(1) Subject to subclause (2) of this clause, no person shall, in fishing for acclimatised fish, use—

(a) Any lure containing the feathers of any bird absolutely protected under the Wildlife Act 1953; or

(b) With any lure, any medicated or chemical preparation other than—

(i) A preparation used solely for the purpose of floating a dry artificial fly; or

(ii) With a bait of natural minnow a chemical preparation in the nature of formalin or other preservative; or

(c) Any mollusc, or the freshwater crayfish (koura), or the creeper, or the huhu or matai grub, or fish roe, or any imitation of fish roe:

Provided that the shell of any mollusc may be used in the preparation of an artificial minnow.

(2) No person shall, in fishing for acclimatised fish, use in any water specified in column 1 of the First Schedule to this notice any lures other than those specified for that water in column 2 of that Schedule.

6. Restriction on use of boats—(1) No person shall fish for acclimatised fish from any boat in any of the following waters, unless the boat is securely anchored or otherwise secured, namely:

(a) That portion of the Clutha River that lies within the district the upstream limit of which terminates at a point 400 metres downstream of the Lake Wanaka outlet launching ramp breakwater on the true right bank as marked by landmarks on both banks:

(b) The Hawea River:

(c) Those portions of the Waiau River and its tributaries that lie within the district, with the exception of that portion of the river which is between Home Creek and the eastern boundary of the district:

(d) Lakes Moke, Kilpatrick, Reid and Dispute:

(e) That portion of Lake Te Anau that lies within 300 metres of the water’s edge, commencing at a point known as Blue Gum Point north of the Te Anau township and extending along the eastern side of the lake to Marakura Yacht Club clubrooms.

(2) No person shall fish from, or tow or troll any lure from, any mechanically propelled or mechanically drawn boat on Lake Hayes or Lake Johnson.

7. Bag limit—(1) No person shall on any one day take (exclusive of fish dealt with under subclause (2) of clause 8 of this notice) more than 3 acclimatised fish from any river flowing into any of the Lakes Hawea, Wanaka, Wakatipu, Te Anau, or Manapouri.

(2) In all other waters of the district, no person shall on any one day take (exclusive of fish dealt with under subclause (2) of clause 8 of this notice) more than 6 acclimatised fish of which not more than 3 may be American brook trout or char (Salvelinus fontinalis), or hybrid of the American brook trout and lake trout (commonly known as splake).

(3) No person shall continue to fish in any waters in the district on any day on which he has already taken the maximum number of acclimatised fish that may be taken from those waters pursuant to subclause (2) of this clause.

(4) For the purposes of this clause the expression “acclimatised fish” does not include perch (Perca fluviatilis).

8. Size limit—(1) No person shall have in his possession—

(a) Any Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) that does not exceed 35 cm in length; or

(b) Any other acclimatised fish that does not exceed 30 cm in length.

(2) Any person taking an acclimatised fish of a length less than that specified in subclause (1) of this clause shall, whether it is alive or dead, immediately return it into the water from which it was taken.

(3) For the purposes of this clause the expression “acclimatised fish” does not include perch (Perca fluviatilis).

9. Revocation—The notice published in the supplement to the New Zealand Gazette, No. 222 of Thursday, 15 December, on pages 4601–4603 titled District Anglers (Southern Lakes Acclimatisation District) Notice 1983, is hereby revoked.

Approved at Wellington this 14th day of August 1984.

B. T. CUNNINGHAM,
for Director-General of Agriculture and Fisheries.