NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

No. 89

District Anglers (Otago Fish and Game Region) Notice 1994

Pursuant to section 26R (3) of the Conservation Act 1987, the Otago 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 (Otago Fish and Game Region) Notice 1994 and shall come into force on the first day of October 1994.

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 the provisions of this Notice, fishing for sports fish is permitted 24 hours per day in the season and specified waters as listed in this clause. An open season commences on the date first shown in any year and ends on the date second shown in the following year (both dates inclusive):

(a) Season: 1 October to 30 April:
Specified waters: Nevis River.
Those waters NOT specified in 3 (b) to 3 (f) below (inclusive) Nor in clause 4.

(b) Season: 1 October to 30 September:
Specified waters: Butchers Dam:
Catlins River, downstream from the State Highway 92 road bridge:
Clutha River, except that river reach known as Deans Bank defined by a landmark post approximately 600 metres below Lake Wanaka outlet and a landmark post 600 metres above the Albert Town bridge:
Coalpit Dam:
Conroys Dam:
Dart River, downstream from the Dart River bridge:
Diamond Lake:
Hawea River:
Hoffmans Dam:
Kawarau River:
Lake Dunstan:
Lake Hayes:
Lake Hawea:
Lake Onslow:
Lake Roxburgh, including the waterways connecting this lake to lake Waihola and east on waterways to the confluence with the Taieri River:
Lake Waihori:
Lake Wakatipu:
Lake Wanaka:
Moke Lake:
Mt Nicholas Pond:
Owhiro River, downstream from the Pounawea/Newhaven road bridge:
Phoenix Dam:
Poolburn Dam:
Puerua Estuary, downstream from the State Highway 92 bridge:
Reid Lake:
Shag River, downstream from the State Highway 1 road bridge:
Taieri River, downstream from the road bridge at Allanton:
Tahakopa River, downstream from the Maclennan River confluence:
Tokomairiro River, downstream from Coal Gully road bridge:
Tomahawk Lagoon:
Waikouaiti River, downstream from the State Highway 1 road bridge:
Waitati River, downstream from the Doctors Point Road bridge:
Water of Leith, downstream from the Anzac Avenue bridge:

(c) Season: 1 November to 30 April
Specified waters: Those rivers and streams flowing into Lake Mahinerangi.
All rivers and streams flowing into Lake Dunstan, NOT being waters specified in 3 (b).

(d) Season: 1 December to 31 May
Specified waters: Timaru Creek:

(e) Season: 1 November to 31 May
Specified waters: Ross Creek Reservoir:
Rossville Reservoir:
Southern Reservoir:
Sullivans Dam:
Upper Manorburn Dam.
All rivers and streams flowing into all lakes in the Clutha River catchment upstream from the Clyde Dam NOT being waters specified in 3 (c) and 3 (d).

(f) Season: 1 October to 31 May
Specified waters: Diamond Creek:
Lake Mahinerangi:
All other waters in the Clutha River catchment upstream from the Clyde Dam NOT 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:
   Bullock Creek from Lake Wanaka to source:
   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 Wanaka, within 100 metres of any part of the wharf at the Wanaka Marina:
   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 Speargass 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.