New Zealand Gazette – 2017 – No. 76

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✨ Fishing Regulations



NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 76 — 28 JULY 2017

3.1 A person must not take (or attempt to take) sports fish from the following waters:

(a) That portion of Lake Manapouri which lies within 100 metres of any part of the Real Journeys Company’s Tourist Centre, Pearl Harbour, Manapouri.

(b) That portion of Lake Te Anau that lies within 100 metres of any part of the wharf of the Real Journeys Company’s office in the township of Te Anau.

(c) Those portions of the Waiau River, Mararoa River and the Waiau Arm of Lake Manapouri that are within 100 metres of the control gates on the Manapouri Lake Control structure, also known as the Mararoa Weir.

3.2 A person must not take (or attempt to take) salmon from any river during the months of April and May.

  1. Authorised Tackle
    Refer First Schedule.

4.1 Scented artificial lures may be used in all waters other than fly fishing only waters, when actively fished so as to imitate a bait fish.

4.2 Molluscs or parts of molluscs may be used in bait fishing waters.

  1. Fly Fishing Only Waters
    Refer to clause 2 for this region.

  2. Bait Fishing Not Permitted
    Refer to clause 2 for this region.

  3. Coarse Fishing Waters
    Fishing for coarse fish in all waters in Southland region is prohibited.

  4. Use of Boats

8.1 A person must not fish from any motorised boat (including electric motors) in Lake Thomas and South Lake Mavora.

8.2 A person must not fish from any boat or any form of flotation device in the:

(a) Eglinton River.

(b) Mataura River upstream from the Mataura Island Bridge.

(c) Oreti River upstream of the State Highway 94 Bridge just north of Lumsden.

(d) Waikaia River.

  1. Daily Bag Limits

9.1 Subject to clause 3.2 for this region, no person shall in any one day take, kill or be in possession of more than 1 salmon from any waters of the region.

9.2 With the exception of perch for which there is no limit, no person shall on any one day take, kill or be in possession of more than 4 sports fish.

  1. Fish Length
    There are no minimum or maximum lengths for sports fish in Southland region.

  2. Southland Backcountry Fishery

11.1 Definition:
Backcountry fishery in this region means:

(a) The Ettrick Burn backcountry fishery.

(b) The Oreti River and tributaries upstream of Rocky Point backcountry fishery.

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.

Controlled area

11.3 Definitions:

controlled area means the Ettrick Burn from its confluence with Lake Te Anau to the upstream limit of Log Cabin Slip at NZTOPO 50-CC07 796753.

controlled period means the period beginning on 1 November 2017 and ending on 31 May 2018.

controlled period licence means a licence that entitles the following persons to fish for sports fish in the controlled area during the controlled period, but only during the day specified in the licence:



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