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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
No. 183

fly, insect, worm, crustacea, minnow, fish (excluding fish ova or any portion of a fish or any shellfish (mollusca)) or uncoloured bread dough.

9. Authorised fishing gear—(1) No person when fishing for acclimatised fish shall use—
   (a) More than 2 lures or baits;
   (b) Any lead or weight attached below or so as to hang below any lure or bait;
   (c) In any water in which only artificial fly is permitted, any lead or weight other than the necessary weight of line, cast and fly;
   (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; of
   (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 cm above the lure.

(2) No person in fishing for acclimatised fish shall—
(a) Use any lure or bait other than artificial fly in the Mangamahoe Dam;
(b) Use, in any waters or parts thereof contained within the Hawera or Stratford Acclimatisation Districts, any spoon, spinner, minnow, or other similar lure having attached to it more than 1 hook, or a hook which is not single pointed or single barbed:
Provided also that nothing in this subclause shall not apply in any waters or parts thereof which form the boundary to these districts with any other district.
Provided also that nothing in this subclause shall prevent the use, with artificial fly, of a dropper having only 1 hook or the use, with natural bait, of 2 hooks, tandem hook, or safety pin hook tackle.

10. Daily limit bag—(1) No person shall on any 1 day take, kill, or have in possession more than 6 trout or salmon.
    (2) No person shall continue to fish for trout or salmon on any day on which he has already taken or killed 6 trout or salmon.
    (3) It shall be permissible to make up the difference between a lesser limit bag prescribed in 1 place and a higher limit bag prescribed in another place.

11. Minimum size to be taken—(1) No person shall fish for, take, or kill in any manner whatever, or intentionally have in his possession, any trout or salmon which does not exceed 33 cm in length.
    (2) Every person taking a trout or salmon which does not exceed the specified length shall immediately return it with as little injury as possible into the water from which it was taken.

12. Revocation—The notice published in the supplement to the New Zealand Gazette, No. 222 of Thursday, 15 December 1983, on pages 4589–4590 titled District Anglers (Hawera, Stratford and Taranaki Acclimatisation Districts) Notice 1983, is hereby revoked.

Approved at Wellington this 28th day of September 1984.

KIM WALSH,
for 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 continues the conditions under which a current licence holder may fish for acclimatised fish in the Hawera, Stratford and Taranaki acclimatisation districts, set out in the 1983 notice, but—
(1) Changes the open season in 3 lakes; and
(2) Removes the prohibition on disturbance of spawning redds or possession of eggs of acclimatised fish.

District Anglers (Hawke’s Bay Acclimatisation District) Notice 1984

PURSUANT to section 71 of the Fisheries Act 1983, the Hawke’s Bay Acclimatisation Society hereby gives the following District Anglers Notice.

NOTICE

1. Title and commencement—This notice may be cited as the District Anglers (Hawke’s Bay Acclimatisation District) Notice 1984, and shall come into force on the day after the date of its notification in the New Zealand Gazette.

2. Interpretation—Words and expressions in this notice which are defined in the Fisheries Act 1983 or the Freshwater Fisheries Regulations 1983 shall 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 no close season in the following waters:
   (i) Lake Tutira, except Sandy Creek and the lake outlet channel:
   (ii) The Tukituki River where it passes through the Tukituki wildlife refuge and between the junction of the Tukipo River and the Mount Herbert Road Extension:
   (iii) The Waipawa River within the boundaries of Waipawa Borough:
   (iv) Lake Opowehi:
   (v) The Manawatu River between the Ngawapurua Bridge and the Gorge Bridge:
   (vi) The Ngaruroro River between the Chesterhope Bridge and Fernhill Bridge:
   (vii) The Mohaka River downstream from the Pakaututu Bridge, and the Waipunga, Ripia and Te Hoe Rivers.
   (b) There shall be an open season from the 1st day of June to the 30th day of September in the same year (both dates inclusive) in the following waters:
   (i) The Manawatu River between its confluence with the Mangatewainui Stream and the Gorge Bridge:
   (ii) The Tukituki River downstream from the State Highway 50 road bridge:
   (iii) The Ngaruroro River downstream from its confluence with the Otamauri Stream:
   (iv) The Tutaekuri River downstream from its confluence with the Mangaone Stream:
   (v) The Waipawa River downstream from State Highway 50 road bridge:
   (vi) The Porangahau River downstream from its confluence with the Mangawhero Stream:
   (vii) The Karamu Stream and its tributaries.
   (c) There shall be an open season from the 1st day of May to the 30th day of June in the same year (both dates inclusive) in the Mohaka River between the Pakaututu Bridge and its confluence with the Mangatainoka River.

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 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 cause to be conveyed to fish, any paravane, any stroke-hauling or foulhooking gear, any spear, any narcotic or poisonous substance or liquid injurious to fish.

6. Authorised use of nets—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: