NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 76 — 28 JULY 2017

8.3 No person may take salmon from any river between the hours of 11.00pm and 4.00am in December and January, and between 10.00pm and 5.00am for any other month of the year.

Note: The daily bag limit for salmon in the Kaiapoi River has been reduced from two to one salmon per day.

9. Fish Length

9.1 No licence holder shall be in possession of a sports fish which exceeds a maximum length of;

(a) 400mm from the following waters: Ashley River upstream of Ashley Gorge Road Bridge, Broken River and its tributaries (including Porter River and Slovens Creek), Hurunui River upstream of Lake Sumner, South Branch of the Hurunui River, Waiau River and all of its tributaries upstream of the Hope River Confluence, Hope River and all of its tributaries including the Boyle, Doubtful, Lewis and Nina Rivers, Harper River and tributaries including the Avoca River.

(b) 450mm for Lake Sumner Chinook salmon.

(c) 150mm for Tench in coarse fishing waters.

(d) 250mm for Perch in the Kaiapoi Lakes

(e) No licence holder shall take or kill Perch exceeding 250mm in length from the Kaiapoi Lakes.

9.2 No licence holder shall be in possession of a trout or salmon less than 300mm anywhere in the region.

Central South Island Fish and Game Region

Reference to Description: New Zealand Gazette, 24 May 1990, No. 83, page 1861, as amended by New Zealand Gazette, 29 August 1991, No. 129, page 2786.

1. Definitions

See First Schedule.

2. Open Season, Closed Season, Permitted Methods, Authorised Tackle, Daily Bag Limit, Fish Length

2.1 The open season in all waters of the Region is from 1 October to 30 April except where otherwise specified in clause 2.6 or 2.7 for this region.

2.2 All legal methods as described in the First Schedule of this notice (conditions applying across all fisheries and definitions) are permitted in waters of the region except where otherwise specified in clause 2.6 or 2.7 for this region.

2.3 The daily bag limits in all waters of the Region is two trout and two salmon and no limit on coarse fish, except where otherwise specified in clause 2.7 for this region.

2.4 The minimum length for salmon killed in the region shall be 300mm except where otherwise specified in clause 2.7 for this region. There is no minimum size for trout or coarse fish taken in the region.

2.5 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.

2.6 No licence holder shall:

2.6.1 fish for sockeye salmon in any river or stream between 1 March and 30 April.

2.6.2 use any unsportsmanlike device or method.

2.6.3 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.

2.7 Open seasons, closed seasons, permitted methods, authorised tackle, daily bag limits, fish length for Central South Island rivers and lakes:

Ahuriri River and its tributaries upstream of and including Longslip Creek: Open season: First Saturday in December to 30 April; Methods: fly and spin; Limit: 2 trout and 2 salmon.

Ahuriri River and its tributaries downstream of Longslip Creek except Omarama Stream: Open season: First Saturday in November to 30 April; Methods: fly and spin; Limit: 4 trout and 2 salmon.

Ahuriri River Lagoons: Open season: First Saturday in December to 30 April; Methods: fly only; Limit: 2 trout.

Alexandrina, Lake and its tributaries: Open season: First Saturday in November to 30 April; Methods: fly and spin; Limit: 4 trout with maximum of one to be a brown trout, and 2 salmon. Winter season: open for lake only, 1 June to 31 July; Methods: fly and spin; Limit: 2 sports fish, 0 brown trout. Note: Downriggers, paravanes, metal-cored or wire lines and weights to assist sinking of trolled lures are prohibited in Lake Alexandrina.

Ashburton River and tributaries upstream of Taylors Stream junction and Ashburton River North Branch: