New Zealand Gazette – 2016 – No. 68

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✨ Fishing Regulations



NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 68 — 29 JULY 2016

McDonalds Creek at Lake Mapourika is closed to fishing at all times.

4. Authorised Tackle

All legal methods as described in the First Schedule to this notice are permitted in all waters.

5. Fly Fishing Only Waters

There are no fly fishing only waters in the West Coast Region.

6. Bait Fishing

Permitted in all waters.

7. Coarse Fishing Waters

There are no special conditions relating to coarse fishing other than those provided for in the First Schedule to this notice.

8. Use of Boats

There are no special conditions relating to the use of boats for angling.

9. Daily Bag Limits

9.1 In all other waters, except in the case of perch for which there is no daily limit, no licence holder shall on any day take, kill or be in possession of more than:

  • 2 brown trout.
  • 2 rainbow trout.
  • 2 salmon.

10. Fish Length

The minimum length for trout and salmon in the following waters shall be 250mm:

  • Lake Ellery.
  • Lake Mapourika.
  • Lake Moeraki.
  • Lake Paringa.

In all other waters there shall be no minimum length.

11. West Coast Backcountry Fishery

11.1 Definition:

Backcountry fishery in this region means:

i) The Karamea backcountry fishery which means the Karamea catchment upstream of the confluence with the Kakapo River.

ii) The Mokihinui River which means the Mokihinui catchment upstream of the confluence with Rough and Tumble Creek.

11.2 All anglers who fish in the backcountry fishery (as defined by the Sports Fish Licences, Fees, and Forms Notice 2016) must obtain a backcountry licence (as defined by the Sports Fish Licences, Fees, and Forms Notice 2016) and the provisions of that notice apply to this notice.

North Canterbury Fish and Game Region

Reference to Description: New Zealand Gazette, 24 May 1990, No. 83, page 1861

1. Definitions

For interpretation of terms, refer to the First Schedule of this notice or the Freshwater Fisheries Regulations 1983.

1.1 The North Canterbury Fish and Game Region is divided into two zones:

"Eastern Zone": The area to the east of a line extending from a white post on the south bank of the Rakaia River (on Double Hill Road visible from the river) to a white post on the north bank (near the Coleridge Power Station tailrace), to the confluence of Staircase Stream and the Waimakariri River (above Woodstock), to the Ashley Gorge Road Bridge on the Ashley River, to the junction of the Hurunui River with the South Branch, to the junction of the Waiau and Hope Rivers, and excluding Lake Rubicon.

"Western Zone": The area to the west of the eastern zone, plus Lake Rubicon.

2. Open Season, Permitted Methods, Daily Bag Limits

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

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
Fishing regulations, West Coast Fish and Game Region, Tackle, Bag limits, Fish length, Backcountry fishery

🌾 North Canterbury Fish and Game Region Regulations

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
Fishing regulations, North Canterbury Fish and Game Region, Zones, Definitions, Open season