New Zealand Gazette – 2016 – No. 68

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✨ Fishing Regulations



NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 68 — 29 JULY 2016

3. Closed Season

3.1 No licence holder shall fish for sports fish in the following waters:

  • Aviemore spawning race.
  • Awakino River.
  • Tinwald Domain Pond (unless holder is holder of a child’s licence).

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

  • Lake Stream.
  • Ashburton River and its tributaries between 1 April and 30 April.
  • Opihi River and its tributaries between 1 April and 30 April.
  • Opuha River and its tributaries between 1 April and 30 April.
  • Orari River and its tributaries between 1 April and 30 April.
  • Rangitata River and its tributaries between 1 April and 30 April.
  • Rangitata River and tributaries upstream of Turn Again Point and shown by the white posts on the riverbank between 1 March and 30 April.
  • Waitaki River and its tributaries between 1 April and 30 April.

3.3 No licence holder shall fish for trout in the following waters:

  • Rangitata River and tributaries upstream of Turn Again Point and shown by the white posts on the riverbank between 1 April and 30 April.
  • Lake Stream between 1 April and 30 April.

3.4 No licence holder shall fish for sockeye salmon in any river or stream between 1 March and 30 April.

4. Authorised Tackle

4.1 No licence holder when fishing for sports fish shall use any unsportsmanlike device or method.

4.2 No licence holder shall continue to fish on any day after having foul hooked three sports fish, even though any such sports fish have been returned immediately in accordance with the First Schedule of this notice.

4.3 A licence holder when fishing for sports fish in the Rangitata River or its tributaries:

4.3.1 may use, seaward of a line drawn between the two poles situated near the upstream limit of the estuarine area, an artificial fly only if the total weight of everything attached to the cast does not exceed 28g.

4.3.2 may cast other than from the reel or retrieve other than by winding the reel only when using bait or fly fishing, or when fishing with an artificial fly seaward of a line drawn between the two poles situated near the upstream limit of the estuarine area.

4.4 Down riggers, paravanes, metal cored or wire lines and weights to assist sinking of trolled lures are prohibited in Lake Alexandrina.

4.5 Any licence holder who lands a sports fish and does not want to keep it shall immediately return it with as little injury as possible into the water from which it was taken.

5. Coarse Fishing Waters

  • Centennial Park Lake (Timaru).
  • Island Stream.
  • Saltwater Creek.
  • Waiareka Stream.

6. Use of Boats

6.1 Fishing from boats is prohibited in:

  • Lake Camp.
  • Lake Denny.
  • Lake Donn.
  • Lake Emily.
  • Kellands Pond.
  • Lake Roundabout.

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Fishing regulations, Closed season, Authorised tackle, Coarse fishing waters, Use of boats, Aviemore spawning race, Awakino River, Tinwald Domain Pond, Lake Stream, Ashburton River, Opihi River, Opuha River, Orari River, Rangitata River, Waitaki River, Lake Alexandrina, Centennial Park Lake, Island Stream, Saltwater Creek, Waiareka Stream, Lake Camp, Lake Denny, Lake Donn, Lake Emily, Kellands Pond, Lake Roundabout