✨ Fishing Regulations




2336 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 83 1 AUGUST 2014

  1. USE OF BOATS

8.1 No anglers shall fish from, or tow any lure from, any boat which is being mechanically propelled on Lake Dispute, Lake Hayes, Lake Johnson, Moke Lake or Reid Lake.

8.2 No anglers shall fish from a boat on Lake Kirkpatrick.

8.3 Subject to clause 8.4 for this region, anglers fishing from boats, which are being mechanically propelled, must stay at least 100m from any anglers fishing from the shore.

8.4 No anglers fishing for sports fish shall troll from any boat, which is being mechanically propelled on any river or stream except the Taieri River downstream of the Otokia Bridge on State Highway 1, the Waipori River downstream from the Contour Channel and the Clutha River downstream from Balclutha.

8.5 No anglers shall fish for trout from any boat, canoe, pontoon or any flotation device on any river or stream except:

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 BAG LIMITS

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 upstream of 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 downstream of 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.



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Gazette.govt.nz PDF NZ Gazette 2014, No 83





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