THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

No. 145

has been set down for hearing in the High Court at Wellington on 2 September 1987. Any person wanting to oppose the scheme is required to give written notice of his or her intention to do so to the Registrar of the High Court at Wellington, and to the Public Trust Office at Wellington, and to the Attorney-General not less than 7 clear days before the date.

Dated at Wellington this 25th day of August 1987.

C. I. KELLY,
Solicitor for the Public Trustee.

Approval of Lights of a Specified Type

Pursuant to regulation 67 (8) and 69 (3) of the Traffic Regulations 1976, and to a delegation from the Secretary for Transport of 3 August 1987, J. Richard Leslie Reynolds, Senior Automotive Engineer, approve the use, for official police business only, of Jetzonic Light Bars as manufactured by the Federal Signal Corporation, which incorporate blue flashing lights, sideways facing white lights and siren.

Signed at Wellington this 19th day of August 1987.

R. L. REYNOLDS, Senior Automotive Engineer.

(14/13/1)

District Anglers (Southern Lakes Acclimatisation District) Notice 1987

Pursuant to section 71 of the Freshwater Fisheries Act 1983, the Department of Conservation hereby gives the following District Anglers Notice.

NOTICE

1. Title and commencement—This notice may be cited as the District Anglers (Southern Lakes Acclimatisation District) Notice 1987, and shall come into force on 1 September 1987.

2. Interpretation—(1) In this notice, unless the context otherwise requires—

“Boat” includes a launch or other vessel and also includes any canoe, punt, or raft, and any aircraft or hovercraft on the surface of the water;

“District” means the Southern Lakes Acclimatisation District;

“Foulhook”, in relation to any acclimatised fish, means to take the acclimatised fish with a hook otherwise than through the mouth;

“Lake Wanaka Outlet” is that portion at the source of the Clutha River lying between the Outlet launching ramp breakwater and a point approximately 400 metres downstream, indicated by landmarks on both banks;

“Landmark” means a black and yellow ringed post;

“Lower Waiau River” is that portion of the Waiau River within the District which is not included in the Upper Waiau River;

“Lure” means any natural or artificial fly, any natural or artificial minnow, any natural or artificial crustacean, rodent, mollusc, creeper, huhu or matai grub;

“Main Divide” means the geographic line which divides those waters entering the sea between Makahui Point and Puysegur Point from all other District waters;

“Natural fly” includes spiders and insects; but does not include anything of which the use is prohibited by subclause (1) of clause 5 of this notice;

“Take” and all references thereto includes taking, fishing for, catching, killing, or pursuing by any means or device; and also includes the attempt to take;

“Upper Waiau River” is that portion of the Waiau River between Lake Te Anau and Lake Manapouri.

(2) Words and expressions in this notice which are defined in the Fisheries Act 1983 or the Freshwater Fisheries Regulations 1983 shall unless the context otherwise requires have the meanings so defined.

3. Open season—(1) Except as provided in subclause (2) of this clause, fishing for acclimatised fish by licence holders shall be permitted during the open season which shall be—

(a) In respect of the following waters:

(i) Lake Hawea, Lake Wanaka, Lake Wanaka Outlet, Lake Wakatipu, Lake Hayes, Lake Te Anau, Lake Manapouri, Lake Monowai, Lake Hauroko, Lake Poteriteri and Lake Hakapoua (but excluding those parts dealt with in clause 4):

from the 1st day of September 1987 to the 30th day of September 1988 (both days inclusive) and thereafter from the 1st day of October in any year to the 30th day of September in the next succeeding year (both days inclusive).

(ii) The Hawea River, the Clutha River (that portion within the District downstream of the Albert Town Bridge), the Kawarau River and the Lower Waiau River (but excluding that part dealt with in clause 4):

from the 1st day of September 1987 to the 31st day of May in the next succeeding year (both days inclusive).

(iii) All waters draining to the Tasman Sea between Makahui Point and Puysegur Point, with the exception of all tributaries of Lake Moeraki and Lake Paringa (but excluding waters dealt with in clause 4):

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

(b) In respect of all rivers and streams flowing to all lakes in the District east of the Main Divide (with the exception of the Upper Waiau River), from the 1st day of November in any year to the 31st day of May in the next succeeding year (both days inclusive);

(c) In respect of all tributaries of Lake Moeraki and Lake Paringa, from the 1st day of October in any year to the 31st day of March in the next succeeding year (both days inclusive);

(d) In respect of all other waters in the District, from the 1st day of October in any year to the 31st day of May in the next succeeding year (both days inclusive).

(2) There shall be an open season for quinnat (chinook) salmon in Lakes Moeraki and Paringa for the period of the month of March only.

4. Closed season—(1) There shall be a closed season in respect of taking acclimatised fish from the 1st day of September 1987 to the 30th day of September 1988 (both days inclusive) and thereafter from the 1st day of October in any year to the 30th day of September in the next succeeding year (both days inclusive), in the following waters—

(a) That part of Lake Wanaka that lies within 150 metres of any part of the launch wharf at the township of Wanaka;

(b) Queenstown Bay, Lake Wakatipu, inside a straight line drawn from the outermost point of the Tourist Park to the point where the south bank of One Mile Creek meets Lake Wakatipu;

(c) That portion of Lake Wakatipu that lies within 100 metres of any part of the wharf in Black Bay (commonly known as the Walter Peak Jetty);

(d) Mill Creek (which flows into Lake Hayes) from the Speargrass Flat Road bridge to the falls;

(e) That portion of Lake Te Anau that lies within 100 metres of any part of the wharf at the Fiordland Travel Company’s office at the township of Te Anau;

(f) That portion of the Lower Waiau River which lies within 100 metres of any part of the Fiordland Travel Company’s Tourist Centre, Pearl Harbour, Manapouri;

(g) 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.

(2) Except as provided in clause 3 (2), there shall be a closed season in respect of taking quinnat (chinook) salmon from all waters draining to the Tasman Sea between Makahui Point and Puysegur Point from the 1st day of September 1987 to the 30th day of September 1988 (both days inclusive) and thereafter from the 1st day of October in any year to the 30th day of September in the next succeeding year (both days inclusive).

5. 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 strobehauling or foulhooking gear, or

(b) Any hook that 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 two hooks, which may be either single hooks or multiple hook units; or

(d) More than two lures; or

(e) Any unsportsmanlike device.

(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.