✨ Fishing Regulations
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 76 — 28 JULY 2017
Fishing for coarse fish in all waters in the Nelson/Marlborough Region is prohibited.
8. Use of Boats
No licence holder shall fish for sports fish from any boat in those parts of Lake Rotoiti and Lake Rotoroa within 100m from the centre of the meeting lines with the lakes of the following rivers and streams:
Lake Rotoiti:
(a) Travers River.
(b) Coldwater Stream.
(c) Black Valley Stream.
(d) Buller River.
Lake Rotoroa:
(a) Sabine River.
(b) D’Urville River.
(c) Gowan River.
9. Daily Bag Limits
9.1 No licence holder shall on any day take, kill or be in possession of more than the bag limits specified in clauses 2.1–2.2 for this region.
10. Fish Length
There is no minimum size limit for trout or salmon taken in the Nelson/Marlborough Fish and Game Region. Where the daily bag limit permits the taking of two fish on waters open 1 Oct – 30 April, only one fish may exceed 500mm from nose tip to middle fork of tail, excluding salmon.
11. Nelson/Marlborough Backcountry Fishery
11.1 Definition:
Backcountry fishery in this region means:
The Goulter backcountry fishery, which means the Goulter River catchment upstream of the confluence with the Wairau River;
The Travers backcountry fishery, which means the Travers River catchment upstream of the marked Coldwater/Lake Head DOC walking track river crossing.
The Wairau backcountry fishery, which means the upper Wairau River and tributaries (but excluding Fish Lake) upstream from the Wash Bridge.
The Matakitaki backcountry fishery, which means the upper Matakitaki River and tributaries upstream from the Horse Terrace bridge.
11.2 All anglers who fish in the backcountry fishery (as defined by the Sports Fish Licences, Fees, and Forms Notice 2017) must obtain a backcountry licence (as defined by the Sports Fish Licences, Fees, and Forms Notice 2017) and the provisions of that notice apply to this notice.
West Coast 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.
2. Open Season
2.1 Open season for trout and perch
The season duration for trout and perch in all waters shall be 1 October–30 April (incl.) except in the following waters the season duration for trout and perch (excluding tributaries) shall be all year:
Ahaura River Downstream of Granite Creek
Arahura River Downstream of Milltown (Landsburgh) Bridge
Arawhata River Downstream of Haast-Jackson Bay Road
Arnold River
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