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(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.

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, fish (excluding fish ova or any
   portion of a fish or any shellfish (mollusca)), or uncoloured bread
   dough.

10. Revocation—The notice published in the supplement to the
    Gazette, No. 139 of Thursday, 4 September 1986, on pages 3784–
    3785 titled District Anglers (Wanganui 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 (Wellington Acclimatisation District) Notice 1987

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

NOTICE

1. Title and commencement—This notice may be cited as the Dis-
   trict Anglers (Wellington 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—(1) Subject to subclause (2) of this clause, 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 October in any year to the 30th day of Sep-
tember in the year following (both days inclusive), in the following
waters:

(a) All coastal dune lakes:
(b) Hokowhitu lagoon:
(c) Hutt River:
(d) Kauwhatau River:
(e) Lake Namu:
(f) Lake Wairarapa:
(g) Makakahi River, downstream from the road bridge at
Eketahuna:
(h) Manawatu River, downstream from Ngawapurua Bridge:
(i) Mangahao River, downstream from Marima Reserve Bridge:
(j) Mangaone River (being a tributary of the Tiraumea River):
(k) Mangatainoka River, downstream from the junction with the
Makakahi River:
(l) Moawhango River:
(m) Ohau River:
(n) Otaki River:
(o) Oroua River:
(p) Pohangina River:
(q) Porirua Lakes:
(r) Rangitikei River, downstream from the Mangaohane Bridge:
(s) Ruamahanga River:
(t) Tauherenikau River:
(u) Tiraumea River:
(v) Turakina River:
(w) Upper Kourarau Dam:
(x) Waikanae River:
(y) Waingawa River:
(z) Waihine River:
(aa) Whitby Lakes.

(3) 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, when playing an
acclimatised fish, a landing net may be used to secure or land any
such fish.

(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 and has the rod under his own visual
observation.

(5) No licence holder in fishing for acclimatised fish shall use any
lure or bait other than artificial fly in the following waters and all
their tributaries:

(a) Htatupu, above the Ngawaka Road Bridge:
(b) Kopuaranga:
(c) Makuri, above the township bridge:
(d) Mangatainoka, above the road bridge on the Hamua-Hukanui
road:
(e) Mangatarere:
(f) Wainuiomata, below main township bridge:
(g) Waitohou:
(h) Waipoua, above Miki Miki bridge.

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 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 proves that he was netting for indige-
nous fish in accordance with the provisions of any regulations or
notices in that behalf for the time being in force.

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—No licence holder shall fish for
   acclimatised 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 bread dough.

9. Daily limit bag—(1) No licence holder shall on any one day
   take or have in his possession more than 12 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
total of four trout or salmon from the Hutt or Wainuiomata Rivers,
including all tributaries of those rivers.

(3) No licence holder shall continue to use a rod and running line
to take trout or salmon on any day on which he has already taken
or killed 12 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. Revocation—The notice published in the supplement to the
    Gazette, No. 139 of Thursday, 4 September 1986, on pages 3785–
    3786 titled District Anglers (Wellington 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 (West Coast and Westland Acclimatisation
Districts) Notice 1987

PURSUANT to section 71 of the Fisheries Act 1983, the West Coast
and Westland Acclimatisation Societies hereby give the following
District Anglers Notice.