THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

No. 165

(d) Use any lure or bait other than artificial fly in Lakes Ida, Little Ida, Catherine (also known as Monk), Sarah, Marymere, or Sheppard;

(e) During the period commencing on the 1st day of January and ending with the 30th day of April in any year (both days inclusive), use in the Rakaia River more than one lure or bait when any weight is attached.

6. Prohibition on unauthorised fishing tackle, etc.—No licence holder shall, when fishing for acclimatised fish, use or 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, handline, any stroke-hauling or foulhooking gear, any spear, or any gaff.

7. Use of nets.—Subject to clause 5(2) of this notice no licence holder shall use or cause to be used for taking acclimatised fish a net of any description:

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

8. Prohibition on possession or control of spear gun.—(1) No licence holder shall, when taking any acclimatised fish, use or 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.

9. Authorised lures and baits.—No licence holder shall fish for acclimatised fish with any bait or lure other than artificial or natural fly, insect, worm, crustacea, minnow, or fish (excluding fish ova or any portion of a fish or any shellfish (mollusca)).

10. Daily limit bag.—(1) No licence holder shall on any one day take or have in his possession more than 14 trout or salmon.

(2) Notwithstanding subclause (1) of this clause, no licence holder shall on any one day take or have in his possession more than:

(a) 10 quinnat salmon or trout taken from Lake Coleridge;

(b) 4 quinnat salmon taken from any other water;

(c) 10 trout taken from any other water.

(3) No licence holder shall continue to fish for trout or salmon on any day on which he has already taken or killed 14 trout or salmon.

(4) 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 licence holder shall take or have in his possession any trout or salmon which does not exceed 25 cm in length.

(2) Every licence holder 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 Gazette No. 183 of Thursday, 11 October 1984, on pages 4280–4282 titled District Anglers (North Canterbury 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.

District Anglers (South Canterbury and Waitaki Valley Acclimatisation Districts) Notice 1985

Pursuant to section 71 of the Fisheries Act 1983, the South Canterbury and Waitaki Valley Acclimatisation Societies hereby give the following District Anglers Notice:

NOTICE

1. Title and commencement.—This notice may be cited as the District Anglers (South Canterbury and Waitaki Valley Acclimatisation Districts) Notice 1985, and shall come into force on the 1st day of October 1985.

2. Interpretation.—(1) 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.—(1) Subject to subclauses (2) and (3) of this clause and to clause 4 of this notice, there shall be an open season for fishing for acclimatised fish from the 1st day of October in any year to the 30th day of April in the following year (both days inclusive).

(2) There shall be an open season for fishing for acclimatised fish:

(a) from the first Saturday in August to the last Saturday of August in the same year (both days inclusive) in the Rangitata River downstream from the bridge on the Main North Road;

(3) There shall be an open season for fishing for acclimatised fish from the 1st day of May to the 31st day of August in the same year (both days inclusive) in Lakes Tekapo, Aviemore, Benmore, and in the Tekapo-Pukaki canal;

(4) There shall be an open season for fishing for acclimatised fish from the 1st day of October in any year to the 30th day of September in the year following (both days inclusive) in the Pukaki-Ohau hydro canal.

(5) No licence holder shall fish for or take any acclimatised fish except during an open season.

4. Closed season.—(1) There shall be a closed season for fishing for acclimatised fish—

(a) from the 1st day of October to the Friday preceding the first Saturday in November in the same year (both days inclusive), in Lake Alexandrina, Lake McGregor, Lake Murray, Lake Ohau, or Lake Middleton, or in the small high-country tarn, or in the tributaries of the said lakes and tarns, or in Deep Stream (a tributary of the Waitaki River) east of the bridge where it enters Lake Aviemore, or in the Ahuriri River or its tributaries, or in the Otematata River or its tributaries, or in the Ohau River or its tributaries;

(b) from the 1st day of March to the 30th day of April in the same year (both days inclusive) in Lynn Creek and its tributaries, in the Rangitata River and its tributaries above the point known as Red Rocks Bluff, that point being more particularly shown by white posts on the river banks;

(c) from the 1st day of March to the 30th day of April in the same year (both days inclusive) in the Rangitata River from the west end of the Rangitata Gorge downstream to its confluence with Boundary Creek, both points being more particularly shown by white posts on the river banks;

(d) from the 1st day of February to the 30th day of April in the same year (both days inclusive) in Larch Stream;

(e) from the 1st day of October to the Friday preceding the first Saturday in December in the same year (both days inclusive) in the Ahuriri River upstream from its confluence with Longslip Creek, or in any of its tributaries, or tarns or lagoons in the Ahuriri Valley upstream from this confluence;

(f) from the 1st day of March to the 30th day of April in the same year (both days inclusive) in that part of the Waitaki River enclosed by a line drawn from the site of a white post on the north bank situated approximately 100 m west of the Waitaki Salmon Company’s fish farm discharge channel, then to the site of a white post opposite on the south bank; then in a generally easterly direction along the north bank to the site of a white post situated approximately 100 m east of the aforesaid discharge channel; then to the site of a white post opposite on the north bank; then in a generally westerly direction along the north bank to the point of commencement; or the Waitaki Salmon Company’s fish farm discharge channel between Bells Pond and the Waitaki River;

(g) from the 1st day of October in any year to the 30th day of September in the following year (both days inclusive)—

(i) in the outlet creek between Lake Alexandrina and Lake McGregor;

(ii) in any boat harbour or from either side of any mole at any boat harbour in Lake Aviemore or Lake Benmore;

(iii) in the Awakino Stream or from the south bank of Lake Waitaki between the notice at the east end of the boating race and the Aviemore Dam.

(2) There shall be a closed season for fishing for salmon from the 1st day of April to the 30th day of April in the same any year (both days inclusive) in the Waitaki River between the Waitaki Hydro Dam and a line running beneath and parallel to the power lines across the river southwest of Bortons, or in any tributary of that part of the Waitaki River.

5. Authorised tackle.—(1) No licence holder shall fish for or take any acclimatised fish except by using a rod and running line.

(2) Notwithstanding subclause (1) of this clause—

(a) when playing an acclimatised fish, a landing net or gaff may be used to secure or land any such fish;

(b) for keeping acclimatised fish alive a keep net of not more than 1.8 metres in length may be used in the water from which that fish was taken.