THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

NO. 164

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.

(2) In this notice the term “high country waters” means Lakes Lilian, Coleridge, Selfe, Evelyn, Grice, Henrietta, Ida, Little Ida, Catherine (also known as Monk), Georgina, Spectacles, Red Lakes, Lyndon Tarn, Lyndon, Rubicon, Pearson, Grasmere, Sarah, Hawdon, Marymere, Vagabonds Inn Tarn, Blackwater, Leitha, Minchin, Sheppard, Taylor, Kairnine, Sumner, Mason, Guyon, and Tennyson, and all waters flowing into those lakes; and includes all other lakes and tarns lying west of a line joining—

(a) The white posts at the Lake Coleridge powerhouse on the Rakaia River, and

(b) The white posts at Woodstock on the Waimakariri River; and

(c) The junction of the Hurunui River with the South Branch; and

(d) The junction of the Waiau and Hope Rivers; and

(e) The New Zealand Electricity Department’s bridge over the Clarence River approximately 2.5 km downstream from Lake Tennyson.

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) in the following waters:

(a) The Wairau River downstream from its junction with the Hope River.

(b) The Hurunui River downstream from its junction with the South Branch.

(c) The Ashley River downstream from the State Highway No. 1 bridge.

(d) The Waimakariri River downstream from the white posts at Woodstock.

(e) The Selwyn River downstream from where the South Springs Road meets that river.

(f) Lake Forsyth, and the Wairewa and Okuti Rivers downstream from the road bridge over each river on the Little River–Te Oka Bay road.

(g) Lakes Taylor, Sumner, Coleridge, Lyndon, and Selfe, except within 200 m of any stream flowing into those lakes:

(h) The Rakaia River downstream from the bridge on the main South Road.

(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 following waters:

(a) The Wairau River downstream from its junction with the Hope River.

(b) The Hurunui River downstream from its junction with the South Branch.

(c) The Ashley River downstream from the State Highway No. 1 bridge.

(d) The Waimakariri River downstream from the white posts at Woodstock.

(e) The Selwyn River downstream from where the South Springs Road meets that river.

(f) Lake Forsyth, and the Wairewa and Okuti Rivers downstream from the road bridge over each river on the Little River–Te Oka Bay road.

(3) 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 following year (both days inclusive) in the Heathcote River, and the Avon River except as provided in clause 4(1)(e) of this notice.

(4) 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 in any year and ending with the Friday immediately preceding the first Saturday in November in the same year (both days inclusive) in any high country waters:

(b) From the 1st day of March to the 30th day of April in the same year (both days inclusive) in the Rakaia River and its tributaries above the Lake Coleridge powerhouse, that point being more particularly shown by white posts on the river banks or in any tributary flowing into Lake Coleridge, whether artificial or natural:

Provided that this paragraph shall not apply to any lakes draining into the Rakaia River above the point specified:

(c) From the 1st day of October in any year to the 30th day of September in the following year (both days inclusive) in Taylor’s Drain from its source to its junction with the Waiarapa Stream; in the Avon River from the Armagh Street Bridge at Hagley Park to the Barbadoes Street Bridge in the canal commonly called the Wilberforce Diversion which connects Lake Coleridge with the Waimakariri River in Lake Marion; and in Lake Lettelaria.

(2) There shall be a closed season for fishing for quinnat salmon from the 1st day of March to the 30th day of April in the same year (both days inclusive) in the following waters:

(a) The Clarence River above the New Zealand Electricity Department’s bridge approximately 2.5 km below Lake Tennyson, or any tributary of that part of the river.

(b) The Hurunui River above the junction of the South Branch with that river, or any tributary of that part of that river, including Lake Sumner.

(c) The Waiau River above the junction of that river with the Hope River, or any tributary of that part of the Waiau River.

(d) The Waimakariri River above the white posts at Woodstock, or any tributary of that part of that river or the Kowhai River and its tributaries.

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.

(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 attached 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 floatation device in any high country waters except Lakes Coleridge, Georgina, Lyndon, Pearson, Taylor, Kairnine, 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.

6. Prohibition on unauthorised fishing tackle, etc.—Subject to subclause 5 (2) of this notice 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.

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