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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 indige-
nous fish in accordance with the provisions of any regulations or
notices in force in that behalf.

8. Prohibition on possession or control or spear gun—(1) No li-
   cence 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 missiles 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 10 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) 6 quinnat salmon or trout taken from Lake Coleridge;
(b) 4 quinnat salmon taken from any other water;
(c) 6 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 killed 10 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 pre-
scribed 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. 139 of Thursday, 4 September 1986, on pages 3779–
    3780 titled District Anglers (North Canterbury Acclimatisation Dis-
    trict) Notice 1986, is hereby revoked.

Approved at Wellington this 17th day of September 1987.

K. W. PIDDINGTON.
Director-General of Conservation.

District Anglers (Bay of Islands, Hobson, Mangonui-Whangaroa
and Whangarei Acclimatisation Districts) Notice 1987

PURSUANT to section 71 of the Fisheries Act 1983, the Bay of Islands,
Hobson, Mangonui-Whangaroa and Whangarei Acclimatisation
Societies hereby give the following District Anglers Notice.

NOTICE

1. Title and commencement—This notice may be cited as the Dis-
   trict Anglers (Bay of Islands, Hobson, Mangonui-Whangaroa and
   Whangarei Acclimatisation Districts) Notice 1987, and shall come
   into force on the 1st day of October 1987.

2. Interpretation—Words and expressions in this notice which are
   defined in the Fisheries Act 1983 or the Freshwater Fisheries Regu-
   lations 1983 have the meanings so defined.

3. Open season—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 September in the following year (both
   days inclusive).

4. Authorised tackle—(1) Every person shall fish for, take or kill
   acclimatised fish using only a rod and running line provided that for:
   (a) Playing an acclimatised fish, a landing net may be used to
   secure or land any such fish;
   (b) Taking small indigenous fish for bait in angling, a bait net not
   over 1.8 metres in length may be use;
   (c) Keeping alive acclimatised fish lawfully taken with rod and
   line in the same water, a keep net not over 1.8 metres in
   length may be used.

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

(3) No person shall fish for acclimatised fish with a rod and line
unless he is in actual attendance within 15 metres of the rod and
has the rod under his own visual observation.

5. Prohibition on unauthorised fishing tackle, etc—No person shall,
   when fishing for acclimatised fish or when in possession of an
   assembled fishing rod and gear suitable for fishing for acclimatised
   fish, 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, any spear, any narcotic or poisonous substance or liquid inju-
   rious to fish.

6. Authorised use of nets—(1) No person shall use or cause to be
   used for any purpose a net of any description, except as provided
   for in clause 4 of this notice, except:
   (a) A whitebait net;
   (b) Any net used for taking fish for the purposes of management
   or scientific investigations pursuant to an authority granted
   pursuant to section 72 of the Act

provided that it shall be a defence for any person charged with a
breach of this notice 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 for the time being in force.

7. Prohibition on possession or control of spear gun—(1) No person
   shall, when taking any acclimatised fish or when in possession of
   any acclimatised fish, 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 person shall fish for acclima-
   tised 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 uncoloured bread
   dough.

9. Authorised fishing gear—(1) No person when fishing for
   acclimatised fish shall use—
   (a) More than two lure or baits;
   (b) Any lead or weight (other than hooks as permitted elsewhere
   in this notice) attached below or so as to hang below any
   lure or bait;
   (c) In any water in which only artificial fly 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 mul-
   tiple hook;
   (e) Any bait or lure treated with any medicinal or chemical prepa-
   ration 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 pre-
   servative 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 spoonbait, minnow, or other
   lure any double or treble hook or other fixed multiple
   assembly of hooks one hook of which has a greater
   distance than 13 mm between the point and the nearest
   part of the shank of the hook; or
   (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.

10. Daily limit bag—(1) No person shall on any one day take, kill
    or have in possession more than 10 trout or salmon.

(2) No person shall continue to fish for trout or salmon on any
day on which he has already taken or killed 10 trout or salmon.

(3) It shall be permissible to make up the difference between a
lesser limit bag prescribed in one place and a higher limit bag pre-
scribed in another place.

11. Minimum size to be taken—(1) No person shall fish for, take,
    or kill in any manner whatever, or intentionally have in his pos-
    session, any trout or salmon which does not exceed 25 cm in length.

(2) Every person 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.