NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

No. 100

Deepdale River;
Glenroy River;
Goulter River;
Matakitaki River upstream of its confluence with the Glenroy River;
Motueka River upstream of the State Highway Six Road Bridge;
Motupiko River
Opouri River;
Owen River;
Pearse River;
Pelorus River upstream of its confluence with the Rai River;
Rahu River;
Rainbow River;
Riwaka River;
Ronga River;
Sabine River;
Travers River;
Warwick River;
Whakapuaka River;
Woolley River.

5.3 In all other waters no licence holder shall on any day kill or have in possession more than two (2) sports fish.

5.4 No licence holder shall on any day take or be in possession of more than two (2) Quinnat Salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha).

5.5 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.

5.6 No licence holder shall continue to fish for a particular species of sports fish on any day on which he/she has already taken and killed the limit bag of that species.

6. Minimum Size
   There is no minimum size limit for trout or salmon taken in the Nelson/Marlborough Fish and Game region.

7. Application
   This Notice shall apply to all fresh water courses, ponds, lakes and rivers of all sizes and descriptions within the Nelson/Marlborough Fish and Game Region and the words “water” and “waters” shall have a corresponding meaning.

NORTH CANTERBURY FISH AND GAME REGION

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

1. Interpretation

The North Canterbury Fish and Game Region is divided into two zones:

Eastern Zone: The area to the east of a line extending from the white post on the south bank of the Rakaia River opposite the Coleridge Power Station, to the white posts at Woodstock on the Waimakariri River, to the Oxford-Glentui Road bridge on the Ashley River, to the junction of the Hurunui River with the South Branch, to the junction of the Waiau and Hope rivers.

Western Zone: The area to the west of the Eastern Zone plus Lake Rubicon.

“Natural Bait” within the North Canterbury Fish and Game Region, includes natural fly, natural insect, natural worm, natural crustacea, natural minnow, natural fish (excluding fish ova or any portion of a fish or shellfish [mollusca]) and uncoloured bread dough.

2. Open Season

Season

Duration

(Days inclusive)

2.1 Main Season

Avon River | All year
Heathcote River | All year
Kaiapoi Lakes | 1 year
All other rivers in the eastern zone | 1 October to 30 April
All other lakes in the eastern zone | 1 October to 30 April
All rivers in the western zone for trout (see section 3) | 1 October to 30 April
All rivers in the western zone for salmon fishing | 1 October to 28 February
All western zone lakes | 2 November to 30 April
All streams flowing into western zone lakes | 1 December to 31 March

2.2 Winter Season

Lake Coleridge, except within 200 m of any inflowing stream | 1 June to 30 September
Lake Forsyth | 1 June to 30 September
Lake Selfe, except within 200 m of any inflowing stream | 1 June to 30 September
Lake Lyndon except within 200 m of any inflowing stream | 1 June to 30 September
Lake Pearson, except within 200 m of any inflowing stream | 1 June to 30 September
Lake Taylor, except within 200 m of any inflowing stream | 1 June to 30 September
Lake Sumner, except within 200 m of any inflowing stream | 1 June to 30 September
Lake Katrine, except within 200 m of any inflowing stream | 1 June to 30 September
Ashley River in the eastern zone | 1 June to 30 September
Cam River, downstream from the motorway bridge | 1 June to 30 September
Hurunui River in the eastern zone | 1 June to 30 September
Kaiapoi River, downstream from the motorway bridge | 1 June to 30 September
Okuti River, downstream from road bridge on the Little River-Te Oka Bay Road | 1 June to 30 September
Rakaia River in the eastern zone | 1 June to 30 September
Selwyn River, from the Upper Selwyn Huts to Lake Ellesmere | 1 June to 30 September
Styx River, downstream from the Marshlands Road Bridge | 1 June to 30 September
Waiau River in the eastern zone | 1 June to 30 September
Waimakariri River in the eastern zone | 1 June to 30 September
Waimakariri River South Branch, downstream from the Dickies Road Bridge | 1 June to 30 September
Wairewa River, downstream from road bridge on the Little River-Te Oka Bay Road | 1 June to 30 September