24 AUGUST NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 3755

include anything the use of which is prohibited by subclause (1) of clause 6 of this notice:

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

“Take” and all references thereto includes taking, fishing for, catching, killing, or pursuing by any means or device; and also includes the attempt to take;

“Upper Waiau River” is that portion of the Waiau River between Lake Te Anau and Lake Manapouri;

(2) Words and expressions in this notice which are defined in the Fisheries Act 1983 or the Freshwater Fisheries Regulations 1983 shall unless the context otherwise requires have the meanings so defined.

3. Open season—(1) Except as provided in subclause (2) of this clause, fishing for acclimatised fish by licence holders shall be permitted during the open season which shall be—

(a) In respect of the following waters:

(i) Lake Hawea, Lake Wanaka, Lake Wanaka Outlet, Lake Wakatipu, Lake Hayes, Lake Te Anau, Lake Manapouri, Lake Monowai, Lake Hauroko, Lake Potomerei, Lake Hakapoua, Lake Dunstan, Molyneux Pond and Sarita Pond (but excluding those parts dealt with in clause 4):

from the 1st day of October in any year to the 30th day of September in the next succeeding year (both days inclusive);

(ii) The Hawera River, the Clutha River (that portion within the District downstream of the Albert Town Bridge), the Kawarau River and the Lower Waiau River (but excluding that part dealt with in clause 4):

(iii) All waters draining to the Tasman Sea between Makawhio Point and Puyseger Point, with the exception of all tributaries of Lake Moeraki and Lake Paringa (but excluding waters dealt with in clause 4):

from the 1st day of October in any year to the 30th day of September in the next succeeding year (both days inclusive);

(b) In respect of all rivers and streams flowing to all lakes in the District east of the Main Divide (with the exception of the Upper Waiau River, Von River, Lochy River and Timaru Creek), from the 1st day of November in any year to the 31st day of May in the next succeeding year (both days inclusive);

(c) In respect of all tributaries of Lake Moeraki and Lake Paringa, from the 1st day of October in any year to the 31st day of March in the next succeeding year (both days inclusive);

(d) In respect of the Von River, Lochy River and Timaru Creek, from the 1st day of December in any year to the 31st day of May in the next succeeding year (both days inclusive);

(e) In respect of all other waters in the District, from the 1st day of October in any year to the 31st day of May in the next succeeding year (both days inclusive).

(2) There shall be an open season for quinnat (chinook) salmon in Lakes Moeraki and Paringa for the period of the month of March only.

4. Closed season—(1) There shall be a closed season in respect of taking acclimatised fish from the 1st day of October in any year to the 30th day of September in the next succeeding year (both days inclusive), in the following waters—

(a) That part of Lake Wanaka that lies within 150 metres of any part of the launch wharf at the township of Wanaka:

(b) Queenstown Bay, Lake Wakatipu, inside a straight line drawn from the outermost point of the Tourist Park to the point where the south bank of One Mile Creek meets Lake Wakatipu:

(c) That portion of Lake Wakatipu that lies within 100 metres of any part of the wharf in Black Bay (commonly known as the Walter Peak jetty):

(d) Mill Creek (which flows into Lake Hayes) from the Speargrass Flat Road bridge to the falls:

(e) That portion of Lake Te Anau that lies within 100 metres of any part of the wharf at the Fiordland Travel Company’s office at the township of Te Anau:

(f) That portion of the Lower Waiau River which lies within 100 metres of any part of the Fiordland Travel Company’s Tourist Centre, Pearl Harbour, Manapouri:

(g) All waters in which acclimatised fish are held in captivity for display, hatching, or other purposes, or from within a distance of 80 metres from such waters or other such distance as defined by landmarks;

(2) Except as provided in clause 3 (2), there shall be a closed season in respect of taking quinnat (chinook) salmon from all waters draining into the Tasman Sea between Makawhio Point and Puyseger Point from the 1st day of October in any year to the 30th day of September in the next succeeding year (both days inclusive).

5. Restrictions on methods of fishing—(1) No licence holder shall take acclimatised fish by any means other than with one rod and running line, or use for the purpose of taking acclimatised fish—

(a) Any strokehauling or foulhooking gear; or

(b) Any hook that has a distance greater than 14 mm between the point and the nearest part of the shank or hook; or

(c) Any lure having attached thereto more than two hooks, which may be either single hooks or multiple hook units; or

(d) More than two hooks; or

(e) Any unsportsmanlike device.

(2) No licence holder shall foulhook or attempt to foulhook any acclimatised fish.

(3) No licence holder shall take acclimatised fish with a set rod, unless—

(a) He is fishing from a boat of which he is the sole occupant; or

(b) Where there are two or more occupants of the boat, he has the actual physical control of the navigation of the boat; or

(c) He remains within 15 metres of his rod.

(4) No licence holder who is actually fishing for acclimatised fish with a rod and running line from a boat shall have in his possession any other assembled rod.

6. Restrictions on lures—(1) Subject to subclause (2) of this clause, no licence holder shall, in fishing for acclimatised fish, use—

(a) With any lure, any medicated or chemical preparation other than—

(i) A preparation used solely for the purpose of floating a dry artificial fly; or

(ii) With a bait of natural minnow a chemical preparation in the nature of formalin or other preservative; or

(b) Any mollusc, or the freshwater crayfish (koura), or the creeper, or the huhu or matai grub, or fish roe, or any imitation of fish roe:

Provided that the shell of any mollusc may be used in the preparation of an artificial minnow.

(2) No licence holder shall, in fishing for acclimatised fish, use in any water specified in Column 1 of the Schedule to this notice any lures other than those specified for that water in Column 2 of that Schedule.

7. Restrictions on use of boats—(1) No licence holder shall fish for acclimatised fish from any boat in any of the following waters, unless the boat is securely anchored or otherwise secured, namely—

(a) That portion of the Clutha River that lies within the District, the upstream limit of which terminates at a point 400 metres downstream of the Lake Wanaka outlet launching ramp breakwater on the true right bank as marked by landmarks on both banks;