NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

No. 51

1108

Pursuant to the Wildlife Act 1953, the Minister of Conservation declares an open season for game in the Fish and Game Regions, subject to the Third Schedule (Game Licences and Licence Fees) hereto; and subject to the conditions specified in the Second Schedule hereto, except in the closed game areas published in the supplement to the New Zealand Gazette of 28 March 1985, and subject to any amendments in any subsequent Gazette notice and in this notice.

The attention of sportsmen and others is drawn to the daily game possession limits set forth in the First Schedule hereto and to the provisions of the Wildlife Act 1953 and the Wildlife Regulations 1955.

First Schedule

Except where all game is labelled with the following details:

(a) The name and address of the person by whom the game was taken;

(b) The number of the licence to hunt or kill game held by the person by whom the game was taken;

(c) The name of the Fish and Game Region by which that licence was issued;

(d) The name of the Fish and Game Regions in which the game was taken; and

(e) The date on which the game was taken;

no person shall have in possession on any one day game in excess of the following numbers:

North and South Island

Saturday 4 May 1991: The number of game birds specified in the Second Schedule of this notification as the daily bag limit for the Fish and Game Region in which the game is taken.

Sunday 5 May 1991: Twice the number of game birds specified for Saturday 4 May 1991.

Every subsequent day: The number of game birds specified in the Second Schedule of this notification as the daily bag limit for the Fish and Game Region in which the game is taken.

A Waiver of Restrictions on Baiting, and Methods of Taking Game

Baiting for Waterfowl

Pursuant to section 17 of the Wildlife Act 1953, the Minister of Conservation approves persons to hunt or kill game of the family Anatidae (waterfowl) during the open season for game in the Fish and Game Regions named hereto, where food has been cast, thrown, placed or planted during the current open season for game or during the thirty (30) days immediately prior to the open season for game, subject to the conditions specified below.

Fish and Game Regions:
Eastern Hawkes Bay
Nelson/Marlborough North Canterbury
Northland Otago
South Canterbury Southland
Taranaki Waikato
Wellington West Coast

Magazine Shotguns

Pursuant to section 18 (1) (c) (iii) of the Wildlife Act 1953, the Minister of Conservation approves persons to hunt or kill Canada geese within the Fish and Game Regions named hereto, with any shotgun of a calibre 12 gauge or less having a magazine of any type not adjusted in accordance with regulations made under this Act, and capable of holding more than one shell. This approval shall apply only during that period of the open season for game following 30 June 1991 for the purpose of hunting Canada geese. The approval is subject to the conditions specified below.

Fish and Game Regions:
Nelson/Marlborough North Canterbury
Otago South Canterbury
Southland West Coast

Camouflaged Rowboats

Pursuant to section 18(1)(f)(vi) of the Wildlife Act 1953, the Minister of Conservation approves persons to hunt or kill game within the Fish and Game Regions named hereto from unmoored camouflaged rowboats, subject to the conditions specified below.

Fish and Game Regions:
Northland Nelson/Marlborough
Otago Southland
Taranaki West Coast

Eastern—applicable only to the estuarine waters of the Tauranga Harbour.

Wellington—applicable only for that remaining period of the open season for game in the Region, commencing 6 May 1991.

Conditions

1. These approvals shall not derogate from the principal conditions specified for each Fish and Game Region under the Section Schedule, which shall apply.

2. These approvals will expire at the end of the open season for game specified under the Second Schedule for each Fish and Game Region.

Second Schedule

Northland Fish and Game Region

Reference to Description: Gazette, No. 83, of 24 May 1990, at page 1861.

Daily Bag Limits
Grey, shoveler and mallard Pukeko, 10.
duck and paradise shelduck: a maximum of 20 birds for any one species or a total bag not exceeding 20 birds for all species combined except that in AREA A paradise shelduck must not exceed 10 birds.