✨ Fishing Regulations
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 68 — 29 JULY 2016
(c) with no restriction on the use of preparations to attract fish.
"fly fishing" means to fish for sports fish with fly rod and fly reel and fly line and artificial fly.
"fishing" and "fish" in this notice means:
the catching, taking or harvesting of sports fish, and includes:
(a) any other activity that may reasonably be expected to result in the catching, taking or harvesting of sports fish.
(b) any attempt to catch, take or harvest sports fish.
(c) any operation in support of, or in preparation for, any activity described in this definition.
"freshwater" means:
(a) all waters of rivers, streams, lakes, ponds, lagoons, wetlands, impoundments, canals, channels, watercourses or other bodies of water whether naturally occurring or artificially made.
(b) all waters of estuaries or coastal lagoons.
(c) all other fresh or estuarine waters where freshwater fish indigenous to or introduced into New Zealand are found.
(d) all waters in the mouth of every river or stream, and the mouth of every river and stream shall be deemed to include every outlet thereof and the seashore between those outlets and the waters of the sea or lying within a distance of 500m from any place where at low tide the waters of a river or stream meet the waters of the sea.
"foul hook" means to hook a sports fish other than from within the mouth.
"landmark" means a black, yellow and white ringed post or buoy.
"length" is the measurement from the tip of the snout to the fork of the tail.
"lure" means any authorised artificial fly or spinner or bait.
"spinner" means any artificial lure other than an artificial fly.
"spin fishing" means to fish for sports fish with a spinner.
"sports fish" means those freshwater fish described in the First Schedule of the Freshwater Fisheries Regulations 1983, namely:
- Brown trout.
- Rainbow trout.
- American brook trout or char.
- Lake trout or char.
- Atlantic salmon.
- Quinnat or chinook salmon.
- Sockeye salmon.
- Perch.
- Tench.
- Rudd (Auckland/Waikato Fish and Game Region only).
- Any hybrid of the above species.
2. Authorised Tackle
2.1 No licence holder shall fish for sports fish except by using a rod and running line and authorised lure (as defined in clause 7 of this First Schedule).
2.2 Nets and gaffs:
2.2.1 When playing a sports fish, a landing net may be used to secure or land that fish.
2.2.2 For keeping coarse fish alive, a keep net may be used in the water from which the fish was caught.
2.2.3 No licence holder shall use a gaff to secure or land a sports fish except where provided for in the Second Schedule of this notice.
2.3 No licence holder when fishing for sports fish shall:
2.3.1 Use more than one assembled rod and running line.
2.3.2 Use more than three artificial flies or spinners.
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