NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

12 SEPTEMBER

3. Closed Waters

No licence holder shall take sports fish from the following waters:

That portion of Lake Te Anau that lies within 100 metres of any part of the wharf of the Fiordland Travel Company’s office in the township of Te Anau;

That portion of Lake Manapouri which lies within 100 metres of any part of the Fiordland Travel Company’s Tourist Centre, Pearl Harbour, Manapouri.

4. Authorised Tackle

No licence holder shall use any tackle other than any fly, natural bait, or other lure any single, double or treble hook. Any hook used shall have a distance of 14 mm or less between the point and the nearest part of the shank of the hook.

5. Artificial Fly Only Waters (includes tributaries)

Eglinton River

Upukerora River, except that junior or child free licence holders may fish downstream of the SH94 bridge with any artificial bait.

6. Bait Fishing Waters (includes tributaries)

Bait fishing is not permitted in the following waters:

Aparima River upstream of the Hamilton Burn confluence
Arthur River
Borland River
Cleddau River
Hamilton Burn River above Mossburn-Otautau Road
Hollyford River
Mararoa River upstream of Key Bridge
Monowai River
Oreti River upstream of Rocky point, 2km west of Mossburn
Pyke River
Waiau River between Lakes Manapouri and Te Anau
Wairaki River above the electricity transmission lines
Whitestone River
Lake Ada
Lake Alabaster
Lake Fergus
Lake Gunn
Lake Hankinson
Lake Hauroko
Lake Manapouri
Lake McKerrow
Lake Monowai
Lake Potirerito
Lake Te Anau
North Mavora Lake
South Mavora Lake

All waters flowing into Lakes Te Anau, Manapouri, Monowai, Hauroko and Potirerito excluding those specified in Section 7 of this Schedule and the Mararoa River downstream of the Key Bridge.

7. Use of Boats

7.1. No person shall fish from any boat other than a row boat in Lake Thomas.

7.2. No licence holder shall fish from any boat or launch in that part of Lake Waituna which lies on the seaward side of a line between two white signposts indicating the restriction

7.3. No licence holder shall take fish from any boat, canoe, pontoon, or any form of flotation device in;
the Mataura River upstream from the Mataura Island bridge

the Waikaia River
the Mararoa River
the Oreti River upstream of the SH94 bridge just north of Lumsden
the Eglinton River
the Waiau River from the confluence of the Monowai River to the Mararoa Weir.

8. Daily Limit Bags

8.1 Experimental Catch and Release zones

Trout or salmon taken within the described experimental Catch and Release zones shall be immediately released with as little injury as possible back into the water from which it had been taken. No licence holder shall kill or possess sports fish taken from the following catch and release zones.

Eglinton River from the confluence of Waterfall Creek to the confluence of Smithy Creek.

Oreti River from the bridge on the Mount Nicholas Road to the downstream limit of the “walk only zone” at map ref NZMS 260 D43 294185.

Mataura River from the bridge at Fairlight downstream to the bridge at Garston.

8.2 Other waters

8.2.1 No licence holder shall on any one day kill or be in possession of more than 6 trout from one or more of the following waters:

Mataura River from the bridge on SH6 (Black bridge), 3 km north of Athol, to the sea;

Waikaia River downstream from the Glenaray bridge on the Waikaia-Piano Flat road;

Oreti River from Rocky Point to the sea;

Aparima River from its confluence with the Hamilton Burn to the sea;

Waiau River from the Mararoa Weir to the sea;

Makarewa River from its confluence with the Otaipiri Stream to its confluence with the Oreti River;

Pourakino River and its tributaries

All those waters draining to the sea between Fortrose and The Brothers Point.

8.2.2 No licence holder shall in any one day kill or be in possession of more than two trout from one or more of the following waters, including their tributaries

All rivers and streams flowing into Lakes Te Anau, Manapouri, Monowai, Hauroko, and Hankinson, except for the upper Waiau and the Mararoa River downstream of the SH94 bridge at The Key;

Oreti River upstream of Rocky Point;

Mararoa River upstream of the SH94 bridge at The Key including the Mavora Lakes;

Whitestone River;

River upstream of the electricity transmission lines;

Borland River;

Monowai River;

Lake Thomas;

Aparima River upstream of the Hamilton Burn confluence;

8.2.3 No licence holder shall on any one day kill or be in possession of more than one salmon from the following waters;