Fishing Regulations




NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 99

5 AUGUST 2013

River/Stream Season Method Daily Bag Limit Salmon Limit
Henry River 1 Oct – 30 Apr FS 1 0
Hope River 1 Oct – 30 Apr FS 1 0
Hurunui River, above Lake Sumner 1 Oct – 30 Apr FS 1 0
Hurunui River, between Lake Sumner and South Branch confluence 1 Oct – 30 Apr FS 2 0
Hurunui River, South Branch 1 Oct – 30 Apr FS 1 0
Hydra Waters, including Titan Stream 1 Oct – 28 Feb FS 2 0
Lake Stream 1 Oct – 31 Mar FS 2 0
Lewis River 1 Oct – 30 Apr FS 1 0
Manuka Point Stream 1 Oct – 28 Feb FS 2 0
Nina River 1 Oct – 30 Apr FS 1 0
Porter River 2 Nov – 30 Apr FS 1 0
Poulter River 1 Oct – 30 Apr FS 2 0
Rakaia River, above the Coleridge Tailrace confluence 1 Oct – 31 Mar FS 2 0
Ryton River 1 Dec – 30 Apr FS 2 0
Selwyn River, above the State Highway 77 Bridge (at Glentunnel) 1 Oct – 30 Apr FS 1 n/a
Slovens Creek 2 Nov – 30 Apr FS 1 0
Waiau River, above the Hope River confluence 1 Oct – 30 Apr FS 1 0
Waimakariri River, above Staircase Stream confluence 1 Oct – 30 Apr FS 2 0
Wilberforce Diversion 1 Dec – 30 Apr FS 2 0
Wilberforce River 1 Oct – 30 Apr FS 2 0
Winding Creek 10 Dec – 31 Mar FS 2 0

2.2

All lakes, rivers and streams in the Eastern Zone not mentioned in clause 2 for this region:
1 October to 30 April
All legal methods
2 trout, 2 salmon

2.3

All lakes in the Western Zone not mentioned in clause 2 for this region:
2 November to 30 April
Spinner, fly
2 trout

2.4

All tributaries of Western Zone lakes not mentioned in clause 2 for this region:
1 December to 30 April
Spinner, fly
2 trout

3. CLOSED WATERS

3.1

No-one shall fish for sports fish in the following waters:

  • Avon River between the Armagh Street Bridge at Hagley Park and the Barbadoes Street Bridge.
  • St Annes Lagoon near Cheviot.
  • The tailrace of the Highbank Power Station.
  • Within a 100m arc of the outfall of any licensed fish farm.

3.2

No licence holder shall fish for coarse fish in the following waters:

  • Clearwater Resort fishing lakes.
  • Ferrymead Park lakes.
  • Christchurch Groynes lakes.
  • Westlake near Halswell.

3.3

No licence holder shall fish for salmon in the following waters:

  • Hacketts Creek from 1 March to 30 April.
  • The Kowai River and its tributaries from 1 March to 30 April.


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