6 SEPTEMBER
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
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3. Open season—(1) Subject to subclause (2) of this clause, 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 from the 1st day of October in any year to the 30th day of September in the year following (both days inclusive), 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 Eketahuna:

(viii) Manawatu River, downstream from Ngawapurua Bridge:

(ix) Mangahao River, downstream from Marima 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) Otaki River, downstream from the railway bridge:

(xv) Pohangina River:

(xvi) Rangitikei River, downstream from the Mangaohane Bridge:

(xvii) Ruamahanga River:

(xviii) Tauerena River:

(xix) Tiraumea River:

(xx) Upper Kourarau Dam:

(xxi) Waikanae River:

(xxii) Waingawa River:

(xxiii) Waihine River.

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

4. 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, for playing an acclimatised fish, a landing net may be used to secure or land any such fish.

(3) No licence holder shall use in fishing for acclimatised fish or have under his control more than one assembled rod and running line at any one time.

(4) No licence holder shall fish for acclimatised fish unless he is within 15 metres of the rod and has the rod under his own visual observation.

(5) Subject to subclause (6) of this clause, no licence holder in fishing for acclimatised fish shall use any lure or bait other than artificial fly or salmon 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:

(f) Wainuiomata, below main township bridge:

(g) Waitohu:

(h) Waipoua, above Miki Miki bridge.

(6) No licence holder when fishing for acclimatised fish shall use—

(a) more than 2 lures or baits;

(b) any lead or weight heavier than 28g, unless fishing for perch;

(c) in any water in which only artificial fly fishing is permitted, any lead or weight other than the necessary weight of line, cast, and fly;

(d) 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;

(ii) In the case of natural baits, a formalin or other preservative preparation;

(e) any wire, either plain or twisted, or any gimp trace or cast of a greater thickness than 0.82 mm;

(f) any wire or gimp trace or cast of a greater length than 1.8 metres;

(g) 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;

(h) any unsportsmanlike device or method.

5. 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, any stroke-hauling or foulhooking gear, or any spear.

6. Use of nets—Subject to clause 4 (2) of this notice, no licence holder shall use or cause to be used for taking any 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 that behalf for the time being in force.

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

8. 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, fish (excluding fish ova or any portion of a fish or any shellfish (mollusca) or bread dough.

9. Daily limit bag—(1) No licence holder shall on any one day take or have in his possession more than 12 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 total of four trout or salmon on the Hutt or Wainuiomata Rivers, including all tributaries of those rivers.

(3) No licence holder shall continue to use a rod and running line to take trout or salmon on any day on which he has already taken or killed 12 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.

10. Revocation—The notice published in the supplement to the Gazette No. 183 of Thursday, 11 October 1984, on pages 4288–4289 titled District Anglers (Wellington 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 (Tauranga Acclimatisation District) Notice 1985

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 1985, and shall come into force on the 1st day of October 1985.

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—(1) 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 June in the following year (both days inclusive).

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

4. 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) for 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.

(3) No licence holder shall use in fishing for acclimatised fish or have under his control more than one assembled rod and running line at any one time.

(4) No licence holder shall fish for acclimatised fish unless he is within 15 metres of the rod he is using and has the rod under his own visual observation.

(5) No licence holder 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 fishing is permitted, any lead or weight other than the necessary weight of line, cast, and fly;