4516 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE No. 164

12. Revocation—The notice published in the supplement to the Gazette, No. 139 of Thursday, 4 September 1986, on page 3773 title District Anglers (Bay of Islands, Hobson, Mangonui-Whangaroa and Whangarei Acclimatisation Districts) Notice 1986, is hereby revoked.

Approved at Wellington this 17th day of September 1987.

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

District Anglers (Otago Acclimatisation District) Notice 1987

PURSUANT to section 71 of the Fisheries Act 1983, the Otago Acclimatisation Society hereby gives the following District Anglers Notice.

NOTICE

1. Title and commencement—This notice may be cited as the District Anglers (Otago Acclimatisation District) 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 Regulations 1983 shall have the meanings so defined.

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).

(2) There shall be an open season for fishing for acclimatised fish from the 1st day of June to the 30th day of September in the same year (both days inclusive) in the Mataura River downstream from the Gorge Road traffic bridge.

(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) except for the first Saturday and Sunday of the game season in May of each year, in the following waters:

(a) The Shag River downstream from the main State Highway 1 road bridge:

(b) The Clutha River downstream from the main State Highway 1 road bridge at Balclutha:

(c) The Taieri River downstream from the main road bridge at Allanton:

(d) Butcher’s Dam:

(e) Conroy’s Dam:

(i) Phoenix Dam:

(g) Poolburn Dam:

(h) Lake Onslow:

(i) Lake Mahinerangi, including the waterway connecting this lake to Lake Waipori:

(j) Lake Waipori:

(k) Tomahawk Lagoon:

(l) Lake Waihola:

(m) The Waikouaiti River downstream from the main State Highway 1 road bridge:

(n) The Tokomairiro River downstream from Coal Gully road bridge:

(o) The Owaka River downstream from the Pounawea Road/Newhaven Road bridge:

(p) The Catlins river downstream from State Highway 92 road bridge:

(q) The Tahakopa River downstream from the Maclennan River confluence:

(r) Hoffman’s Dam:

(s) Coalpit Dam:

(t) The water of Leith downstream from the St David Street footbridge.

4. Closed season—(1) There shall be a closed season in respect of the taking of acclimatised fish from the 1st day of October to the 31st day of October in the same year (both days inclusive) in the Upper Manorburn Dam or in any tributary of Lake Mahinerangi.

(2) There shall be a closed season in respect of the taking of 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 following waters:

(a) The waters lying between the Roxburgh Dam and a line joining the sites of posts marked “Fishing prohibited above this point” placed on each side of the Clutha River at the outlet of the spillway from the Roxburgh powerhouse;

(b) The waters of the Waipori No. 3 Dam on the Waipori River adjacent to Waipori township;

(c) The waters lying within 100 metres of the Newhaven Salmon Ranch fish ladder in the Clutha River estuary.

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 or she is within 15 metres of the rod he or she is using and has the rod under their own visual observation.

(5) Subject to subclause (6) of this clause, no licence holder shall troll from a mechanically propelled boat within 200 metres of any person fishing from the shore of a lake or from a riverbank.

(6) No licence holder in fishing for acclimatised fish shall troll from any boat in any river or stream except the Taieri River downstream from Henley Ferry bridge, the Clutha River downstream from Balclutha, and the Mataura River downstream from the Mataura Island bridge, or fish from any boat, canoe, pontoon, or any form of body floatation device in the Mataura River upstream from the Mataura Island bridge.

(7) 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. Prohibition on unauthorised fishing tackle, etc.—No licence holder shall, when fishing for acclimatised fish, use or have in his or her possession or under his or her control or convey or cause to be conveyed to the vicinity of any place where he or she is fishing or proposes to fish, any paravane, any stroke-hauling or foul-hooking gear, or any spear.

7. Use of nets—Subject to clause 5(2) of this notice no licence holder shall use or cause to be used for taking any 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 or she proves that he or she was netting for indigenous fish in accordance with the provisions of any regulations or notices in force in that behalf.