New Zealand Gazette – 2011 – No. 124

Page 3465

✨ Fishing Regulations



12 AUGUST 2011 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 124 3465

Clutha River from the Albertown Bridge to the sea.
Matukituki River from Glenfinnan Stream confluence to Lake Wanaka.
Kawarau River from its source at Lake Wakatipu to Lake Dunstan.
The Taieri River from Outram to the sea.
Waipori River from Contour Channel confluence to the Taieri River confluence.
All tidal reaches of rivers.

  1. DAILY LIMIT BAG

9.1 Except in the case of perch for which there is no daily limit, no person shall on any one day take and kill or be in possession of more than the prescribed daily limit from the waters specified in 2.3.

9.2 No more than 2 salmon:

All waters except the Clutha River catchment above the Roxburgh Dam.

9.3 No more than 6 sports fish per day:

Subject to the restrictions set out in 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 9.1 and 9.2 above, no person shall on any 1 day take or kill or be in possession of more than 6 sports fish per day from any waters except Lake Onslow (refer to 2.3).

9.4 A licence holder may continue to fish for a particular species of sports fish on any day on which he or she has already killed the limit bag for that species as long as any fish taken are immediately returned with as little injury as possible into the water from which it was taken.

  1. FISH LENGTH

10.1 No person shall take or be in possession of any salmon less than 450mm taken from the Clutha River or its tributaries below Roxburgh Dam and all other waters running into the sea.

10.2 No person shall take or be in possession of any fish greater than 400mm taken from the Nevis River.

10.3 In all other waters there shall be no minimum length.

  1. OTAGO BACKCOUNTRY FISHERIES

Backcountry fishery

11.1 Definition:

*backcountry fishery* in this Region is defined as—

(a) the **Greenstone River backcountry fishery** which means the Greenstone River catchment, namely—

    (i) the Greenstone River upstream of the swing bridge at the river’s mouth where the river enters Lake Wakatipu; and

    (ii)    all tributary streams flowing into the Greenstone River, including the Caples River.


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