✨ Fishing Regulations
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 76 — 28 JULY 2017
(a) two brown trout.
(b) two rainbow trout.
(c) two 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. Westcoast Backcountry Fishery
11.1 Definition:
Backcountry fishery in this region means:
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The Karamea backcountry fishery which means the Karamea catchment upstream of the confluence with the Kakapo River.
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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 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.
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
2.1 Except as closed under clause 3 for this region or restricted elsewhere in this notice.
Anglers please note: The tables below are to be read in conjunction with the following clauses for this region.
(a) Clause 3 for waters where anglers are not allowed to fish.
(b) Clause 5 for waters recognised as coarse fishing waters.
(c) Clause 6 for further restrictions on bait fishing where “FSB” are allowed.
(d) Clause 8 for further restrictions of daily bag limits.
(e) Clause 9 for further restrictions on maximum fish lengths allowed.
Permitted Methods Definition
F = Fly fishing only
FS = Fly or Spin fishing only
FSB = Fly, Spin or Bait fishing permitted
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