NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

No. 148

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 stroke-hauling or foulhooking 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.

8. Prohibition on possession or control of spear gun—(1) No licence holder shall, when taking any acclimatised fish or when in possession of any acclimatised fish, use or have in his or her possession or under his or her 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 or her possession or under his or her 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 artificial or natural bait or artificial or natural lure other than fly, insect, worm, crustacea, minnow, fish (excluding fish ova or any portion of a fish or any shellfish (mollusca)), amphibians or mammal.

10. Daily limit bag—(1) No licence holder shall on any one day take or have in his or her 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 or her possession:

(a) More than 6 trout or salmon taken from Lake Dunstan;

(b) More than 4 salmon taken elsewhere in the District other than (a) above;

(c) More than 4 trout taken from the Pomahaka River upstream from the Park Hill Bridge.

(3) No licence holder shall continue to use a rod and running line to take trout or salmon on any day on which he or she 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 prescribed in another place.

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

(a) In the case of any trout taken from the Water of Leith or the Taieri River, 20 cm;

(b) In the case of any salmon taken from the Water of Leith, 40 cm;

(c) In the case of any trout or salmon taken from Lake Dunstan, 30 cm;

(d) In the case of trout or salmon taken from any other water, 25 cm.

(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 Gazette, No. 164 of Friday, 25 September 1987, on pages 4516–4517, titled District Anglers (Otago Acclimatisation District) Notice 1987 and the amending notice published in the Gazette, No. 157 of 15 September 1988, on pages 3632–3633, titled District Anglers (Otago Acclimatisation District) Notice 1987, Amendment No. 1 are hereby revoked.

Approved at Wellington this 21st day of August 1989.

D. McDOWELL, Director-General of Conservation.

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District Anglers (Southern Lakes Acclimatisation District) Notice 1989

Pursuant to section 71 of the Fisheries Act 1983, the Department of Conservation hereby gives the following district anglers notice.

Notice

1. Title and commencement—(1) This notice may be cited as the District Anglers (Southern Lakes Acclimatisation District) Notice 1989, and shall come into force on the 1st day of October 1989.

2. Interpretation—(1) In this notice, unless the context otherwise requires—

“Artificial fly” shall be deemed to include any lure of feather, fur, wool, or other material of any kind customarily used in the making of artificial flies; but shall not include any lure in the tying of which lead or other weight has been incorporated unless the hook incorporated in that lure does not exceed 14 mm in length (exclusive of the eye) and the gape of the hook does not exceed 6 mm;

“Artificial minnow” shall be deemed to include spoonbait, any feather lure in the tying of which lead or other weight has been incorporated to facilitate the casting or sinking of the lure, and any lure which incorporates a spinning device or a device to impart a wobbling or irregular motion to the lure;

“Boat” includes a launch or other vessel, and also includes any canoe, punt, or raft, and any aircraft or hovercraft on the surface of the water;

“District” means the Southern Lakes Acclimatisation District;

“Foulhook” in relation to any acclimatised fish, means to take the acclimatised fish with a hook otherwise than through the mouth;

“Lake Wanaka Outlet” is that portion at the source of the Clutha River lying between the Outlet launching ramp breakwater and a point approximately 400 metres downstream, indicated by landmarks on both banks;

“Lake Dunstan” means the lake immediately upstream of the Clyde Dam;

“Landmark” means a black and yellow ringed post;

“Lochy River Special Catch and Release Zone” means that portion of the Lochy River from its source to its confluence with the Longburn, and includes all tributaries of that portion of the Lochy River and Longburn and all its tributaries;

“Lower Wairau River” is that portion of the Wairau River within the District which is not included in the Upper Wairau River;

“Lure” means any natural or artificial fly, any natural or artificial minnow, any natural or artificial worm, any artificial crustacean, rodent, mollusc, creeper, huhu or matai grub;

“Main Divide” means the geographic line which divides those watersheds entering the sea between Makawhio Point and Puysegur Point from all other District waters;

“Molyneux Pond” means that pond situated in Molyneux Orchard;

“Natural fly” includes spiders and insects; but does not