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of 100 metres from such waters, or other such distances as defined by landmarks.

5. Authorised tackle—(1) No licence holder shall fish for, take or attempt to take, any sports fish except by using one rod and running line.

(2) Notwithstanding subclause (1) of this clause—

(a) When playing a sports fish, a landing net may be used to secure or land any such fish;

(3) No licence holder shall, in fishing for, taking or attempting to take, sports fish, or have under their control, more than one assembled rod and running line.

(4) No licence holder shall fish for sports fish unless within 15 metres of the rod being used and have 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 bait or lure treated with any medicinal or chemical preparation other than lure—

(i) In the case of artificial fly, preparation used solely to give buoyancy to such flies; and

(ii) In the case of natural baits, a formalin or other preservative preparation.

(c) 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 14 mm between the point and the nearest part of the shank of the hook;

6. Restrictions on lures, baits and areas—(1) Subject to subclause (2), (3), (4) and (5) of this clause, authorised lures and baits are: any natural or artificial, fly, worm, crustacean, amphibian, mammal, insect, minnow or fish (excluding fish ova or any portion of a fish or any shellfish (mollusca)), provided that the shell of any mollusc may be used in the preparation of an artificial minnow.

(2) Natural or artificial fly only:

(a) Deans Bank, meaning that portion of the Clutha River lying between a point indicated by a landmark approximately 600 m from the outlet of Lake Wanaka, and a point indicated by a landmark, approximately 600 m above the bridge at Albert town.

(b) All rivers and streams flowing into Lake Wakatipu, except the Dart River and the Rees River and their tributaries.

(c) Nevis River.

(3) Areas above the Clyde Dam where all methods are permissible:

(a) Clutha River, from Luggate Bridge to Dam wall.

(b) Lakes Hayes and all streams flowing into and out:

(c) Lake Johnson;

(d) Kawarau River.

(4) All other waters above the Clyde Dam: Artificial fly and lures.

(5) All other waters below the Clyde Dam and elsewhere in the Region other than (2), (3) and (4) above: All methods are permissible.

7. Prohibition on unauthorised fishing tackle, etc—No licence holder shall, when fishing for sports 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.

8. 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 defendants possession or under the defendants 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.

9. Restrictions on use of boats—(1) No licence holder shall 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 upstream from the Clyde Dam, which terminates at a point 400 metres downstream of the Lake Wanaka outlet launching ramp breakwater, marked by landmarks on both banks.

(b) Hawea River.

(2) No licence holder shall fish from or tow any lure from, any mechanically drawn boat on Lake Hayes, Lake Johnson, Lake Moke, Lake Reid, Lake Dispute.

(3) No licence holder shall fish from a boat on Lake Kilpatrick.

(4) Subject to subclause (5) of this clause, no licence holder shall troll from a mechanically propelled boat within 200 metres of any person fishing on the shore of a lake or from a river bank below the Clyde Dam.

(5) No licence holder in fishing for sports fish shall troll from any boat in any river or stream except the Taieri River downstream from Henley Ferry bridge, and the Clutha River downstream from Balclutha.

10. Daily limit bag—(1) Subject to subclauses (2), and (3) of this clause no licence holder shall on any one day take and kill or have sports fish in possession from—

(a) Lochy River (special catch and release zone, being that portion of the river from its source to its confluence with the Longburn and their tributaries). Trout or salmon caught within this zone must be immediately released into the water from which it has been taken.

(b) Caples River or Greenstone River (including all tributaries of those rivers, but excluding Lake McKellar), Lochy River (excluding the special catch and release zone), Von River: No more than 1 trout or salmon per day.

(c) Rivers flowing into any of the Lakes Hawea, Wanaka, Wakatipu, the Nevis River and the Pomahaka River upstream from Park Hill Bridge: no more than 3 trout or salmon.

(d) The Clutha catchment upstream from the Clyde Dam other than (a), (b), and (c) above: no more than 6 trout or salmon per day.

(e) Waters of Leith: no more than 2 salmon.

(f) Elsewhere in the Otago Region other than (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e) above: no more than 4 salmon.

(2) Notwithstanding subclause (1) of this clause no licence holder shall on any one day take or be in possession of more than 10 trout or salmon.

(3) There is no daily limit for perch.

11. Minimum size to be taken—(1) No licence holder shall take or be in possession of 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 Teviot River, 20 cm;

(b) In the case of any salmon taken from the Water of Leith, 50 cm;

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

(d) In the case of perch, no size limit.

(2) Every licence holder taking a trout or salmon which does not exceed the specified length shall immediately return it with the least possible injury into the water from which it was taken.