New Zealand Gazette – 2015 – No. 85

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✨ Fishing Regulations



NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 85 — 31 JULY 2015

  1. Bait Fishing Not Permitted
    Refer clause 2 for this region.

  2. Coarse Fishing Waters
    None.

  3. Use of Boats
    8.1 No person shall fish from any motorised boat (including electric motors) in Lake Thomas and South Lake Mavora.

8.2 No person shall fish from any boat or any form of flotation device in:

  • The Eglinton River.
  • The Mataura River upstream from the Mataura Island Bridge.
  • The Oreti River upstream of the State Highway 94 Bridge just north of Lumsden.
  • The Waikaia River.
  1. Daily Limit Bags
    9.1 Subject to clause 3.2 for this region, no person shall in any one day take, kill or be in possession of more than one salmon from any waters of the region.

9.2 With the exception of perch for which there is no limit, no person shall on any one day take, kill or be in possession of more than four sports fish.

  1. Fish Length
    No restriction on all waters.

  2. Southland Backcountry Fishery

11.1 Definition:
Backcountry fishery in this region means:
The Ettrick Burn backcountry fishery.

11.2 All anglers who fish in the backcountry fishery (as defined by the Sports Fish Licences, Fees, and Forms Notice 2015) must obtain a backcountry licence (as defined by the Sports Fish Licences, Fees, and Forms Notice 2015) and the provisions of that notice apply to this notice.

Controlled area

11.3 Definitions:

controlled area means the Ettrick Burn from its confluence with Lake Te Anau to the upstream limit of Log Cabin Slip at NZTOPO 50-CC07 796753.

controlled period means the period beginning on 1 November 2015 and ending on 31 May 2016.

controlled period licence means a licence that entitles the following persons to fish for sports fish in the controlled area during the controlled period, but only during the day specified in the licence:

(a) the holder of the controlled period licence; and

(b) if the holder also holds a backcountry licence that is endorsed on a family licence, the spouse or partner, and if accompanied by the holder or the holder’s spouse or partner and any member of the holder’s family; and

(c) up to three companion anglers named in the controlled period licence who hold backcountry licences, provided that the maximum size of any group for any one permit is four.

11.4 In the controlled area, a controlled period applies. All anglers who fish in the controlled area must first obtain a controlled period licence (as defined by the Sports Fish Licences, Fees, and Forms Notice 2015).

  1. Waters Restricted to Persons Under the Age of 18 Years
    12.1 No person shall fish in waters designated as a “junior fishery” in clause 2 for this region unless they are a child or junior licence holder under the age of 18 years on 1 October 2015.

12.2 Waters this clause applies to is:
Lake Henry.

Approved at Wellington this 22nd day of July 2015.

Hon MAGGIE BARRY, onzm, Minister of Conservation.



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🌾 Otago Fish and Game Region Regulations (continued from previous page)

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Fishing, Regulations, Otago, Open Season, Bag Limits, Permitted Methods, Closed Season, Authorised Tackle, Fly Fishing, Bait Fishing, Coarse Fishing, Use of Boats, Daily Bag Limits, Fish Length, Backcountry Fisheries
  • Hon MAGGIE BARRY, onzm, Minister of Conservation