NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

7 SEPTEMBER

NORTH CANTERBURY FISH AND GAME REGION

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

1. DEFINITIONS
   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 posts on the Rakaia River (near the Coleridge Power Station), to the white post 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; and excluding Lake Rubicon.

   “Western Zone”: The area to the west of the eastern zone plus Lake Rubicon.

   “Flyfishing” in the North Canterbury Region means to fish for sports fish with fly rod and fly reel and fly line and artificial fly but with no additional weight to facilitate casting.

2. OPEN SEASON
   (Except as closed under 3.1 or restricted elsewhere in the Notice.)

   2.1 Main Season

   Location	Season Duration
   Lake Forsyth	All year
   Avon River	All year
   Heathcote River	All year
   Wairewa and Okuti Rivers downstream from the road bridge over each river on the Little River-Te Oka Bay Road	All year
   Cam River downstream from the motorway bridge	All year
   Kaiapoi River downstream from the motorway bridge	All year
   South Branch of the Waimakariri River downstream from the Dickies Road Bridge	All year
   Styx River downstream from the Marshlands Road Bridge	All year
   Selwyn River from the Upper Selwyn Huts to Lake Ellesmere	All year
   Rakaia River in the eastern zone	All year
   Waimakariri River in the eastern zone	All year
   Ashley River in the eastern zone	All year
   Hurunui River in the eastern zone	All year
   Waiau River in the eastern zone	All year
   Kaiapoi Lakes	All Year
   Halswell River downstream of the of the Seabridge Road Bridge	All Year
   Halswell Canal downstream of the Duck Pond Road Bridge	All Year
   Monopolies Pond, near Woodford Glen	All Year
   Rotokohatu Lake	All 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 streams flowing into western zone lakes	1 December to 31 March
   Broken River and its tributaries (incl Winding Creek, Porter River and Slovens Creek) for trout fishing	7 Nov. until 30 April
   The Rakaia River in the western zone for trout fishing	1 October to 28 February
   All other rivers in the western zone for trout fishing	1 October to 30 April
   All rivers in the western zone for salmon fishing	1 October to 28 February
   All western zone lakes	7 Nov. until 30 April

   2.2 Winter Season

   Location	Season Duration
   Lake Coleridge, except within 200m of any inflowing stream	1 June to 30 September
   Lake Selfe, except within 200m of any inflowing stream	1 June to 30 September
   Lake Lyndon, except within 200m of any inflowing stream	1 June to 30 September
   Lake Pearson, except within 200m of any inflowing stream	1 June to 30 September
   Lake Taylor, except within 200m of any inflowing stream	1 June to 30 September
   Lake Sumner, except within 200m of any inflowing stream	1 June to 30 September
   Loch Katrine, except within 200m of any inflowing stream	1 June to 30 September