✨ Fishing Regulations
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 47 — 27 MAY 2016
GOVERNMENT NOTICES
General Section
Anglers Notice for Taupō District
Conservation Act 1987
Taupō Fishery Regulations 2004
Pursuant to sections 26R(3) and 53(4) of the Conservation Act 1987, the Minister of Conservation approves the following Anglers Notice for the Taupō Fishery.
Notice
This notice shall come into force on 1 July 2016.
- Interpretation
1.1 Words and expressions in this notice, which are defined in the Conservation Act 1987, the Taupō Fishery Regulations 2004, or the Taupō District Trout Fishery Licences Fees and Forms Notice 2011, shall be so defined.
1.2 In this notice, unless the context otherwise requires:
artificial fly includes any lure of feather, fur, wool, or other material used in the making of artificial flies.
bait means natural bait, including any insect or spider, worm, crustacean, shellfish, fish or fish ova, bread or cheese, or any scented lure, soft bait or other artificial lure with chemical attractant properties.
boat means any manned floatation device.
fly fishing means to fish for trout with a fly rod, fly reel, fly line and artificial fly.
foul hook means to hook a trout otherwise than through the mouth.
landmark post means a white, black, and yellow ringed post.
length, in relation to a trout, means the total length from the tip of the snout to the fork of the tail of the fish.
lure means any artificial fly or spinner.
spin fishing means to fish for trout with a spinning rod, spinning reel, and lure, and includes tackle customarily used for harling, trolling, and jigging for trout.
spinner means any artificial lure other than an artificial fly.
strike indicator:
(a) means any synthetic or natural yarn, and its means of attachment to the line or cast, used by the person fishing as an aid to detect a strike; but
(b) does not include:
(i) any other material or any object attached to the line or cast; or
(ii) any synthetic or natural yarn to which has been added any material or chemical (other than a colour dye or surfactant line floatant preparation).
Taupō Boat Harbour means that part of the Waikato River lying between a straight line commencing at the shore end of the rock mole at the outlet of Lake Taupō and extending across the outlet for a distance of approximately 40 metres to the normal site of a landmark post on the western shore of the outlet, and the control gates bridge over the Waikato River at Taupō.
trout includes:
(a) any trout whether alive or dead, and any part of a trout;
(b) char of any species; and
(c) any hybrid of any trout or char.
- Authorised Methods
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