29 AUGUST NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 2791

(e) Season: 1 November to 31 May

Specified waters: All rivers and streams flowing into all lakes in the Clutha River catchment upstream from the Clyde Dam and including the Upper Manorburn Dam
NOT being waters specified in 3 (d) above.

(f) Season: 1 October to 31 May

Specified waters: All other waters in the Clutha River catchment upstream from the Clyde Dam NOT specified elsewhere in clause 3.

(2) No person shall fish for, take or attempt to take, any sports fish except during an open season.

4. Closed season—(1) Fishing for sports fish is not permitted at any time in the following specified waters:

Careys Creek, within 100 metres of any part of the outer boundaries of Bartlett’s salmon farm diversion structure:

Horne Creek, from Lake Wakatipu to source:

Lake Wanaka, within 150 metres of any part of the launch wharf at the township of Wanaka:

Lake Wakatipu, within the waters of Queenstown Bay bounded by 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:

Lake Wakatipu, within 100 metres of any part of the wharf in Black Bay (commonly known as the Walter Peak Jetty).

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

Roxburgh Dam, upstream of the posts marked “Fishing prohibited above this point” placed on each side of the Clutha River at the spillway from the Roxburgh power-house:

Waipori No. 3 Dam on the Waipori River adjacent to Waipori township:

All waters in which sports fish are held in captivity for display, hatching, or other purposes, or within a distance of 100 metres from any part of the outer boundaries of such waters.

5. Authorised tackle—(1) Fishing for sports fish is not permitted except by using one rod and running line, provided that when playing a sports fish, a landing net or gaff may be used to secure or land any such fish.

(2) No person shall, when fishing for sports fish, use or be in control of, more than one assembled rod and running line at any one time.

(3) No person shall fish for sports fish unless within 15 metres of the rod being used, and with the rod under that person’s visual observation.

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

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

(a) More than 2 lures or baits:

(b) Any bait or lure treated with any chemical preparation other than—

(i) In the case of artificial fly, preparations 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, minnow, or other lure, any single, double, or treble hook, 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.

(d) In any waters in which only artificial fly is permitted, any wooden or plastic bubble with or without water, or weight other than the necessary weight of line to cast any artificial fly.

(3) No person when fishing for sports fish shall use any lure or bait other than natural or artificial fly in the following waters:

(a) Deans Bank, meaning that portion of the Clutha River lying downstream between a point indicated by a post landmark approximately 600 metres from the outlet of Lake Wanaka, and a point indicated by a landmark, approximately 600 metres 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.

(4) Subject to subclause (5), no person when fishing for sports fish shall use any lure or bait other than artificial fly or lure in the Clutha River catchment upstream from the Clyde Dam.

(5) Notwithstanding the above all methods are permissible in the following waters:

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

(b) Lake Hayes and all streams flowing into or out of:

(c) Lake Johnson:

(d) Kawarau River.

(6) All methods are permissible in all other waters within the region other than (3) and (4).

7. Prohibition on unauthorised fishing tackle, etc.—No person shall, when fishing for sports fish, use or be in possession or control of, or convey or cause to be conveyed to the vicinity of any place where that person is fishing or proposes to fish, any stroke-hauling or foul-hooking gear, or any spear.

8. Restrictions on use of boats—(1) No person 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 the outlet launching ramp breakwater.

(b) Hawea River.

(2) No person shall fish from, or tow any lure from, any mechanically propelled boat on: Lake Dispute, Lake Hayes, Lake Johnson, Moke Lake or Reid Lake.

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

(4) Subject to subclause (5) of this clause, no person shall troll from a mechanically propelled boat within 100 metres of any person fishing from the shore.

(5) No person 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.

9. Daily limit bag—(1) Except in the case of perch for which there is no daily limit, no person shall on any one day take and kill or be in possession of more than the prescribed daily limit from the following specified waters:

Specified waters Daily limit

(a) Lochy River special catch and release zone Nil. Sports fish caught within this zone must be river from its source to its confluence immediately released into the water from which it has been taken.

(b) Caples River or Greenstone River No more than one sports fish per day (including all tributaries of those rivers, but excluding Lake McKellar).

Lochy River (excluding the special catch and release zone), Von River and Lakes