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(k) Fish from any boat or launch in that part of Lake Waituna
which lies on the seaward side of a line between 2 white
signposts indicating the restriction sited on directly oppo-
site shores near what is the outlet channel when the chan-
el is open to the sea;

(l) Fish from any boat, canoe, pontoon, or any form of floatation
device in the Mataura River upstream from the Mataura
Island bridge;

(m) Any unsportsmanlike device or method.

5. Prohibition on unauthorised fishing tackle, etc.—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, any stroke-hauling or foulhooking gear, or any spear.

6. Use of nets—Subject to clause 4(2) of this notice no licence
   holder shall use or cause to be used for taking 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 proves that he was netting for indige-
nous fish in accordance with the provisions of any regulations or
notices in force in that behalf.

7. Prohibition on possession or control of 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 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—(1) Subject to subclause (2) of this
   clause no licence holder shall fish for acclimatised fish with any
   bait or lure other than artificial or natural fly, insect, worm, crus-
   tacea, minnow, fish (excluding fish ova or any portion of a fish or
   any shellfish (mollusca)), or uncoloured bread dough.

(2) No licence holder when fishing for acclimatised fish shall use
or have in his or her possession or under his or her control any
lure or bait other than artificial bait in the following waters, includ-
ing the tributaries of those waters:

(a) The Aparima River upstream from the Otatau-Mossburn
Highway:

(b) The Hamiltonburn River upstream from the Otatau-Moss-
burn Highway:

(c) The Oreti River upstream from Rocky Point:

(d) The Whitestone River:

(e) Lake Echo:

(f) The Mararoa River upstream from the Mossburn-Te Anau
Highway Bridge at the Key:

(g) The Mavora Lakes:

(h) The Borland Burn:

(i) The Wairaki River upstream from the transmission line:

(j) Flaxy Creek.

9. Daily limit bag—(1) No licence holder shall on any one day
   take or have in his possession more than 10 trout or salmon from
   one or more of the following waters:

(a) The mainstem of the Mataura River from the Black Bridge
just north of Athol to the sea:

(b) The mainstem of the Oreti River from Rocky Point to the
sea:

(c) The mainstem of the Aparima River from the Otatau-
Mossburn Bridge to the sea:

(d) The mainstem of the Waiau River from the Mararoa Weir
to the sea:

(e) The Makarewa River from its junction with the Otapiri Stream
to its junction with the Oreti River:

(f) The Pourakino River and its tributaries.

(2) Notwithstanding subclause (1) of this clause no licence holder
shall on any one day take or have in his possession more than four
trout or salmon from any other waters of the District.

(3) No licence holder shall continue to fish for trout or salmon
on any day on which he has already taken or 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.

10. Minimum size to be taken—(1) No licence holder shall take
    or have in his possession, any trout or salmon which does not exceed
    in length:

(i) In the case of Atlantic salmon, 38 cm;

(ii) In the case of trout, 25 cm.

(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.

11. Revocation—The notice published in the supplement to
    Gazette, No. 139 of Thursday, 4 September 1986, on pages 3782–
    3783 titled District Anglers (Southland Acclimatisation District)
    Notice 1986, is hereby revoked.

Approved at Wellington this 17th day of September 1987.

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

District Anglers (Tauranga Acclimatisation District) Notice 1987

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

NOTICE

1. Title and commencement—This notice may be cited as the Dis-
   trict Anglers (Tauranga 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 Regu-
   lations 1983 shall have the meanings so defined.

3. Open season—(i) Fishing for acclimatised fish by licence hold-
   ers shall be permitted during the period from the 1st day of October
   in any year to the 30th day of June in the following year (both days
   inclusive).

(2) No licence holder shall fish for or take any acclimatised fish
except during an open season.

4. 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) For 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 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 cm;

(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.