12 OCTOBER
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
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(a) A whitebait net;

(b) Any net used for taking fish for the purpose of management
or scientific investigations pursuant to an authority granted
pursuant to section 72 of the Act:

Provided that it shall be a defence for any person charged
with a breach of this notice if he proves that he was netting
for indigenous fish in accordance with the provisions of
any regulations or notices in that behalf for the time being
in force.

7. Prohibition on possession or control of spear gun—(1) No person
   shall, when taking any acclimatised fish or when in possession of
   any acclimatised fish, have in his possession or under his control
   any spear gun or pointed missile (other than a bullet) which is
   propelled by means of any mechanical or explosive device.

(2) Where any person is charged with an offence under subclause
(1) of this clause, it shall be a defence to the charge if the defendant
proves that the spear gun or pointed missile in his possession or
under his control was not used in taking the acclimatised fish.

(3) In this clause the term “explosive” has the same meaning as
in the Explosives Act 1957.

8. Authorised lures and baits—No person shall fish for
   acclimatised fish with any bait or lure other than artificial or natural
   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; or

(i) In conjunction with any spoonbait or artificial fly, 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 lure or bait other than natural fly, artificial fly, or
artificial minnow:

Provided that nothing in this paragraph shall apply with
respect to any person fishing for perch in Lake Te Pohe,
nor restrict the use of live bait in the Manawatu River
downstream from the Weber Road Bridge;

(b) Use any lure or bait other than artificial fly in—
Cochranes Creek, or the Mangaonuku, Maharakiki,
Mangaone, Maratotara, Makaretu, Mangatoro, or Tukipo
Rivers, or any tributary of any such river;

(c) Tow or troll any lure from any mechanically propelled or
mechanically drawn boat in Lake Tutira;

(d) Use any multiple hook.

10. Daily limit bag—(1) No person shall on any 1 day take, kill,
    or have in possession more than 8 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 8 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 30 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 4590–4592 titled District Anglers (Hawke’s Bay
    Acclimatisation District) Notice 1983, is hereby revoked.

Approved at Wellington this 28th day of September 1984.

KIM WALSHE,
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 Hawke’s Bay
acclimatisation district, set out in the 1983 notice, but removes the
prohibition on disturbance of spawning redds or possession of eggs
of acclimatised fish.

District Anglers (Marlborough and Nelson Acclimatisation
Districts) Notice 1984

PURSUANT to section 71 of the Fisheries Act 1983, the Marlborough
and Nelson Acclimatisation Societies hereby give the following District
Anglers Notice.

NOTE

1. Title and commencement—This notice may be cited as the
   District Anglers (Marlborough and Nelson Acclimatisation Districts)
   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 Cobb Reservoir, the
Waima or Wairoa Rivers downstream from the confluence
with the Lee River, the Aorere River downstream from
the road bridge at Rockville, the Takaka River downstream
from the road bridge at Uruwhenua, and the Motueka River
downstream from the road bridge at Alexander Bluff;

(b) There shall be an open season commencing on the 1st day
of May and ending with the 31st day of August in the same
year in the Awatere River, the Clarence River downstream
from the Glen Alton Bridge, the Conway River, the Oaro
River, Lyell Creek, the Middle Creek downstream of State
Highway No. 1, the Kahutara River downstream of the
railway bridge, the Pelorus River downstream from its
confluence with the Rai River, Lakes Rotoiti and Rotoroa,
and the Wairau River (including the Diversion)
downstream from its confluence with Wash Creek;

(c) No person shall fish for acclimatised fish in Lake Daniells
during the month of October, or in the Brook Stream in
Nelson City at any time.

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 taking 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 foulhooking
   gear, any spear, any narcotic or poisonous substance or liquid
   injurious to fish.