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(i) Using an artificial fly or natural lure (except where this is otherwise prohibited);

(ii) Fishing with a single hook feathered lure (the total weight of which must not exceed 20 grams) seaward of a line drawn between two poles situated on either side of the upstream limit of the estuarine area.

(3) Every person taking any quinnat salmon in the South Canterbury Acclimatisation District by any means other than by hooking it within the mouth shall immediately return it alive with as little injury as possible into the waters from which it was taken, and no person shall have in his possession any quinnat salmon taken in such district by any means other than by being hooked within the mouth, except for the purpose of returning it into those waters in accordance with this provision.

10. 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 not more than—

(a) Four may be salmon and not more than 10 may be trout, taken in any waters within the South Canterbury Acclimatisation District, except Lake Alexandrina;

(b) Not more than 6 trout or salmon, of which not more than 4 may be salmon, taken from Lake Alexandrina;

(c) Not more than 10 may be trout or salmon, taken in any waters in the Waitaki Valley Acclimatisation District, of which not more than 5 may be taken from Deep Stream, the Otematata River, or the Maerewhenua River, and not more than 4 may be quinnat salmon taken from the Waitaki River.

(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 in the South Canterbury Acclimatisation District or 10 trout or salmon in the Waitaki Valley Acclimatisation District.

(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.

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:

(a) 35 cm in length from Lake Alexandrina;

(b) 25 cm in length from any other waters.

(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. Waitaki River demonstration channels declared fisheries experimental waters—The Waitaki River demonstration channels, being the specially constructed channels along the north bank of the lower Waitaki River extending for 7 km downstream from the point indicated by map reference NZMS 127:270988 to NZMS 127:340960, are hereby declared to be fisheries experimental waters.

No person shall fish for acclimatised fish in these channels unless he is the holder of a written permit issued free of charge by the Director-General, or by the Waitaki Valley Acclimatisation Society acting on behalf of the Director-General, and subject to such conditions as are specified in the permit.

13. Revocation—The notice published in the supplement to the New Zealand Gazette, No. 222 of Thursday, 15 December 1983, on pages 4598–4603 titled District Anglers (South Canterbury and Waitaki Valley acclimatisation Districts) Notice 1983, is hereby revoked.

Approved at Wellington this 28th day of September 1984.

KJM 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 South Canterbury and Waitaki Valley acclimatisation districts, set out in the 1983 notice but—

(1) Removes the prohibition on disturbance of spawning redds or possession of eggs of acclimatised fish;

(2) Adds some authorised fishing gear restrictions in some waters;

(3) Increases the daily limit bag and increases the minimum size of trout or salmon taken from Lake Alexandrina.

District Anglers (Tauranga Acclimatisation District) Notice 1984

PURSUANT to section 71 of the Fisheries Act 1983, the Tauranga Acclimatisation Society hereby gives the following District Anglers Notice.

NOTICE

1. Title and commencement—This notice may be cited as the District Anglers (Tauranga 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 September in the following year (both days inclusive).

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 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 purposes 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:

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 any 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 1 hook or having a multiple hook;