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metres of the road being used and has the rod under visual observation.

(5) No licence holder when fishing for sports 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 is permitted, any lead, wooden or plastic bubble, or bubble with or without water, or weight other than the necessary weight of line, cast and artificial fly;

(d) Any artificial fly having more than one hook or having a multiple hook;

(e) Any multiple hook;

(f) 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;

(g) Any wire, either plain or twisted, or any gimp trace or cast of a greater thickness than 0.82 mm;

(h) Any wire or gimp trace or cast of a greater length than 1.8 metres;

(i) 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;

(j) 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;

(k) Any mechanically propelled boat in Lake Tutira;

(l) An unsportsmanlike device or method.

5. Prohibition on unauthorised fishing tackle, etc—No licence holder shall, when fishing for sports fish or be in possession of, or in control of, or convey or cause to be conveyed to the vicinity of any place where that licence holder 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 sports fish a net of any description.

Provided that it shall be a defence for any licence holder charged with a breach of this clause if that licence holder 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.

7. Prohibition on possession or control of spear gun—

(1) No licence holder shall, when taking or attempting to take or when in possession of, any sports fish, be in possession of or be in control of, 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 licence holder 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 the defendant’s possession or under the defendant’s control was not used in the taking of the sports 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 sports fish with any bait or lure other than artificial fly, or natural fly, spider, insect, or artificial minnow.

(2) No licence holder when fishing for sports fish shall use—

(a) Any lure or bait other than artificial fly in—Cochranes Creek, or the Mangaonuku, Maharakitiki, Mangaone, Maraeatotara, Makaretu, or Tukipo Rivers, or any tributary of any such river;

(b) As any lure or bait, any fish ova or any portion of a fish or any shellfish (mollusca), or uncoloured bread dough, or the freshwater crayfish (koura), or worm, or natural nymph, or creeper, or the huhu or matai grub:

Provided that nothing in this paragraph shall apply with respect to any licence holder fishing for perch in Lake Te Pohue.

9. Daily limit bag—(1) No licence holder shall on any one day take, kill or have in possession more than 8 trout or salmon, except that there shall be no limit bag on trout taken from Lake Tutira or from the larger of the two lakes, known as Twin Lakes, at Kuripapango, nor shall any licence holder take more than two trout from the Ngaruroro and Tutaekuri Rivers above the Napier-Taihape road bridge.

(2) 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 possession any trout or salmon which does not exceed 30 cm in length, except that there shall be no size limit on trout taken from the larger of the two lakes, known as the Twin Lakes, at Kuripapango.

(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. Possession of fishing licence—Every person taking or attempting to take a sports fish must be in possession of a current fishing licence, to be produced on demand.

13. Revocation—The notice published in the supplement to the Gazette, No. 164 of Thursday, 24 September 1987, on pages 4510–4511 titled District Anglers (Hawke’s Bay Acclimatisation District) Notice 1987, and Amendment No. 1 are hereby revoked.

Approved at Wellington this 27th day of August 1990.

PHILIP WOOLLASTON, Minister of Conservation.

District Anglers (Taranaki Fish and Game Region) Notice 1990

Pursuant to section 26A (3) of the Conservation Act 1987 (as added by section 17 of the Conservation Law Reform Act 1990), the Taranaki Fish and Game Council hereby gives the following District Anglers Notice.

Notice

1. Title and commencement—This Notice may be cited as the District Anglers (Taranaki Fish and Game Region) Notice 1990 and shall come into force on the 1st day of October 1990.

2. Interpretation—Words and expressions in this notice which are defined in the Conservation Act 1987, or the Freshwater Fisheries Regulations 1983, shall have the meanings so defined.

3. Open season—(1) Subject to subclauses (2), (3), (4) and (5) of this clause, there shall be an open season for fishing for sports fish from the 1st day of October in any year to the 30th day of April in the following year (both days inclusive).

(2) Limited seasons—Subject to subclauses (3) and (4) below, there shall be limited open seasons in the waters and at the times scheduled below:

(a) From the 1st day of May to the 30th day of September in the same year (both days inclusive): Lake Rotomanu, Lake Mangamahoe, Opunake Lake, Ohawe Lake, Rotokura Lake.

(b) From the 1st day of May to the 30th day of June in the