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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

No. 139

(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.

(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;

(d) any artificial fly having more than one hook or having a multiple hook;

(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) on or in conjunction with any fly, spoonbait, minnow, or other lure any double or treble hook or other fixed multiple assembly of hooks any one hook of which has a greater distance than 13 mm between the point and the nearest part of the shank of the hook;

(i) 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;

(j) any unsportsmanlike device or method.

(6) Notwithstanding subclause (5) of this clause, no licence holder in fishing for acclimatised fish shall—

(a) Use any natural lure or bait in any high country waters;

(b) Fish from any mechanically propelled boat in any lakes except in Lakes Ellesmere, Forsyth, Coleridge, and Sumner at a distance of at least 200 m from any person fishing from the shore;

(c) Fish from any boat or any flotation device in any high country waters except Lakes Coleridge, Georgia, Lyndon, Pearson, Taylor, Katrine, and Sumner, in which lakes any non-mechanically propelled boat may be used:

(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.

(7) Notwithstanding subclauses (5) and (6) of this clause, any licence holder who, when using a line with weight attached, other than the normal weight of the lure, bait or fly, hooks a fish other than through the mouth shall immediately return the fish alive, with as little injury as possible, into the waters from which it was taken.

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 foolhooking 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 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.

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. 165 of Thursday 5 September 1985, on pages 3899–3900 titled District Anglers (North Canterbury Acclimatisation District) Notice 1985, is hereby revoked.

Approved at Wellington this 2nd day of July 1986.

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

District Anglers (South Canterbury and Waitaki Valley Acclimatisation Districts) Notice 1986

PURSUANT to section 71 of the Fisheries Act 1983, the South Canterbury and Waitaki Valley Acclimatisation Society 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 1986, and shall come into force on the 1st day of October 1986.

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 subclause (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 from the first Saturday after Queen’s Birthday Weekend to the 31st day 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, and Benmore;

(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-Oahu and Tekapo-Pukaki hydro canals.

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