New Zealand Gazette – 1986 – No. 139

Page 3787

✨ Fishing Regulations



8 SEPTEMBER THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 3787

(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.

  1. 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)), uncoloured bread dough, or artificial mice or frogs.

  2. Daily limit bag—(1) No licence holder shall on any one day take or have in his possession more than 7 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) 1 salmon;
(b) 6 trout, of which not more than 2 may be taken from either the Murray Creek, Harris Creek or Duck Creek and not more than 1 rainbow trout may be taken in the Arnold River Catchment which includes Lake Brunner, Lake Poerua, Orangipuku River, Crooked River and any other tributaries of these 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 7 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.

  1. Minimum size to be taken—(1) There shall be no minimum size limit for either trout or salmon except that in the waters of Lake Mapourika no licence holder shall take or have in his possession any trout which does not exceed 25 cm in length or any salmon which does not exceed 30 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.

  1. Revocation—The notice published in the supplement to Gazette, No. 165 of Thursday, 5 September 1985, on pages 3907–3908, titled District Anglers (West Coast and Westland Acclimatisation Districts) Notice 1985, is hereby revoked.

Approved at Wellington this 15th day of July 1986.

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

Price $1.60c BY AUTHORITY: V. R. WARD, GOVERNMENT PRINTER, WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND—1986 58779A—86PT


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🌾 District Anglers (West Coast and Westland Acclimatisation Districts) Notice 1986 (continued from previous page)

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
15 July 1986
Fishing, Regulations, West Coast, Westland, Acclimatisation, Open Season, Tackle, Bag Limits
  • B. T. Cunningham, for Director-General of Agriculture and Fisheries