✨ Fish and Game Regulations
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
No. 96
SOUTHLAND FISH AND GAME REGION
Reference to Description: New Zealand Gazette, No. 83, 24 May 1990, page 1861
- INTERPRETATIONS
See First Schedule.
- OPEN SEASON
| Location | Season Duration |
|---|---|
| All rivers and lakes draining into the Tasman Sea. | All year |
| Aparima River, from the Thornbury bridge to the sea. | All year |
| Lake Hauroko. | All year |
| Lake Manapouri (includes that portion of the Waiau River between Pearl Harbour and the confluence of the Mararoa River). | All year |
| Lake Monowai. | All year |
| Lake Poteriteri. | All year |
| Lake Te Anau. | All year |
| Makarewa River, from the Riverton / Invercargill highway bridge downstream. | All year |
| Mataura River, from the Gorge Road bridge to the sea. | All year |
| North Lake Mavora. | All year |
| Oreti River, from the Riverton / Invercargill highway bridge to the sea. | All year |
| South Lake Mavora. | All year |
| Pourakino River, downstream from Waipango Bridge. | All year |
| Titiroa River, downstream of the Locks adjacent to the State Highway No. 92 bridge. | All year |
| Waiau River, from the Tuatapere Bridge to the sea including Te Wae Wae Lagoon but excluding the Hollyburn. | All year |
| Waihopai River, downstream from the Queens Drive Bridge. | All year |
| Waikawa River, from the Niagara Bridge to the sea. | All year |
| Waikiwi Stream, downstream from the North Road Bridge. | All year |
| Waimatuku Stream, downstream from the bridge on Rance Road. | All year |
| Waiau River, between Lakes Manapouri and Te Anau, and between the Mararoa Weir and the Tuatapere Bridge. | 1 Oct – 31 May |
| Whitestone River upstream of Prospect Bridge on Kakapo Road. | 1 Nov – 31 May |
| All waters draining into Lakes Te Anau, Manapouri, Monowai, Hauroko and Poteriteri except the Waiau River and Mararoa River and its tributaries. | 1 Nov – 31 May |
| All other waters of the region except those specified in Section 3 (Closed Waters). | 1 Oct – 30 April |
- CLOSED WATERS
No person shall take sports fish from the following waters:
That portion of Lake Manapouri which lies within 100m of any part of the Fiordland Travel Company’s Tourist Centre, Pearl Harbour, Manapouri.
That portion of Lake Te Anau that lies within 100m of any part of the wharf of the Fiordland Travel Company’s office in the township of Te Anau.
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