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

(vi) All waters in which acclimatised fish are held in captivity for display, hatching, or other purposes, or from within a distance of 80 metres from such waters or other such distance as defined by landmarks.

from the 1st day of October in any year to the 31st day of May in the next succeeding year (both days inclusive):

(2) Fishing for trout by licence holders shall be permitted during the open season which shall be—

(a) in respect of that portion of the Moeraki River that lies upstream from Lake Moeraki, and the Windbag Stream, from the 1st day of September in any year to the 31st day of March in the next succeeding year (both days inclusive);

(b) in respect of all other waters draining into the Tasman Sea between Makawhio Point and Puysegur Point (but excluding all those waters draining into Deep Cove, Doubtful Cove, 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).

(3) Fishing for quinnat (chinook) salmon by licence holders shall be permitted during the open season which shall be in respect of Lakes Moeraki and Paringa from the 1st day of March in any year to the 31st day of March next following (both days inclusive).

4. Restrictions on methods of fishing—(1) No licence holder 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 hook which has a distance greater than 14 mm between the point and the nearest part of the shank or hook; or

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

(d) More than 2 lures; or

(e) 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 licence holder shall foulhook or attempt to foulhook any acclimatised fish.

(3) No licence holder 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 licence holder 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 licence holder shall, in fishing for acclimatised fish, use—

(a) Any lure containing the feathers of any bird absolute 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 licence holder shall, in fishing for acclimatised fish, use in any water specified in column 1 of the 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 licence holder 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:

(c) 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:

(f) Within a radius of 200 metres from the midpoint of the meeting line of Windbag Stream and Lake Paringa:

(g) Within a radius of 200 metres from the midpoint of the meeting line of Moeraki River where it flows into Lake Moeraki, and Moeraki Lake.

(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 licence holder shall on any one day take more than 3 acclimatised fish from any river flowing into any of the Lakes Hawea, Wanaka, Wakatipu, Te Anau, or Manapouri, or from the Nevis River.

(2) No licence holder shall take more than 2 quinnat (chinook) salmon in total from Lakes Moeraki or Paringa for the duration of the open season for quinnat (chinook) salmon in respect of those waters.

(3) In all other waters of the district, no person shall on any one day take 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).

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

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

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

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

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

9. Hours of fishing—(1) A licence holder may fish between the hours of 6 a.m. and 8 p.m. in Lake Moeraki and Lake Paringa and any rivers or streams flowing into or out of those lakes during the month of March.

(2) Except as provided in subclause (1) of this clause a licence holder may fish in any waters during the open season at any time of the day or night.

10. Revocation—The notice published in the New Zealand Gazette, No. 143 of Thursday, 16 August 1984, on pages 3175–3177 titled District Anglers (Southern Lakes Acclimatisation District) Notice 1984, is hereby revoked.

Approved at Wellington this 26th day of July 1985.

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

Paragraph 6

SCHEDULE

RESTRICTIONS ON LURES

Column 1 Column 2
Description of Waters Lures Permitted

1. (a) Lake Hayes and all streams Natural or artificial fly,
   flowing into or out of Lake natural or artificial
   Hayes minnow, natural or
   artificial worms, or
   (b) Lake Johnson artificial crustacean,
   rodent, mollusc, creeper,
   huhu or matai grub.

2. (a) The Kawarau River between its Natural or artificial fly,
   confluence with the Clutha artificial minnow, natural
   River at Cromwell and the or artificial worms, or
   site of a landmark artificial crustacean,
   approximately 1500 metres rodent, mollusc, creeper,
   above the road bridge at huhu or matai grub.
   Bannockburn

(b) The Clutha River between the Luggate Bridge and the point
Luggate Bridge and the point in the Cromwell Gorge where
in the Cromwell Gorge where the boundary of the district
the boundary of the district crosses the river