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864 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE No. 36

NELSON/MARLBOROUGH FISH AND GAME REGION

Game That May be Hunted or Killed - Duration of 1998 Season

Species Season Daily Bag Limit
Grey Duck 2 May to 26 July 1998 incl. 7
Mallard duck 2 May to 26 July 1998 incl. 15
Grey and Mallard duck aggregate limits; 15 in all of which not more
than 7 may be Grey. For all other species
individual bag limits apply.
Shoveler duck 2 May to 26 July 1998 incl. 2
Paradise Shelduck 2 May to 26 July 1998 incl. 10
Pukeko 2 May to 26 July 1998 incl. 10
Black Swan 2 May to 26 July 1998 incl. 10
Canada Goose
(Except Wairau Lagoons) 2 May to 8 November 1998 incl. no limit
1 February to 1 May 1999 incl. no limit
(Wairau Lagoons) 2 May to 30 September 1998 incl. no limit
1 February to 1 May 1999 incl. no limit
California Quail
(Except Pheasant Area) 2 May to 30 August 1998 incl. 10
(Pheasant Area) 30 May to 30 August 1998 incl. 10
Cock pheasant
(Pheasant area only) 30 May to 1 June 1998 incl. 1
11 July to 12 July 1998 incl. 1
1 August to 2 August 1998 incl. 1
Chukar Closed season 0

Definition of Areas

Wairau Lagoons: That area defined as all open waters, islands and the peninsula between Chandlers Lagoon and Big Lagoon, south of the Wairau River mouth, including Te Aropipi Channel and north of the White Bluffs.

Pheasant Area: The area west of the Bryant Range, north of SH63 from St. Arnaud to Kawatiri Junction and east of the Hope and Arthur ranges.

Shooting hours: 6.30 a.m. to 6.30 p.m. during May 1998 and 6.45 a.m. to 6.15 p.m. from 1 June to 26 July 1998 incl. Canada Geese may be hunted or killed 24 hours per day after 26 July 1998.

Decoy limit: No limit.

Special Conditions

Reference to Description: Gazette, No. 83, of 22 May 1990, at page 1861.



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