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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
No. 183

10. Daily limit bag—(1) No person shall on any one day take,
    kill, or have in possession more than 20 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 20 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.

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 22 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
    page 4590 titled District Anglers (Wanganui Acclimatisation District)
    Notice 1983, is here by 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 Wanganui 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 (Wellington Acclimatisation District) Notice 1984

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

NOTICE

1. Title and commencement—This notice may be cited as the
   District Anglers (Wellington 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), except that there shall be no close season in the
   following waters:
   (i) All coastal dune lakes:
   (ii) Hokowhitu lagoon:
   (iii) Hutt River:
   (iv) Kauwhatau River:
   (v) Lake Namu Namu:
   (vi) Lake Wairarapa:
   (vii) Makakahi River, downstream from the road bridge at
   Ekatahuna:
   (viii) Manawatu River, downstream from Ngawapurua Bridge:
   (ix) Mangahao River, downstream from Marina Reserve Bridge:
   (x) Mangaone River (being a tributary of the Tiraumea River):
   (xi) Mangatainoka River, downstream from the junction with the
   Makakahi River:
   (xii) Moawhango River:
   (xiii) Ohau River:
   (xiv) Oroua River:
   (xv) Otaki River, downstream from the railway bridge:
   (xvi) Pohangina River:
   (xvii) Rangitikei River, downstream from the Mangaohane Bridge:
   (xviii) Ruamahanga River:
   (xix) Tauherenikau River:
   (xx) Tiraumea River:
   (xxi) Upper Kourarua Dam:
   (xxii) Waikanae River:
   (xxiii) Waingawa River:
   (xxiv) Waiohine 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 convey or cause
   to be conveyed to the vicinity of any place where he is fishing or
   proposes to fish, any paravane, an 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:
   (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) Any lead or weight heavier than 28 g, unless fishing for perch;
   (d) In any water in which only artificial fly is permitted, any lead
   or weight other than the necessary weight of line, cast and
   fly;
   (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) 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 use any lure
   or bait other than artificial fly in the following waters and all their
   tributaries:
   (a) Hautapu, above the Ngawaka Road Bridge:
   (b) Kopuaranga:
   (c) Makuri, above the township bridge:
   (d) Mangatainoka, above the road bridge on the Hamua - Hukanui
   road:
   (e) Mangatarere: