Fisheries (Christchurch Commercial Fishing Restrictions) Notice 1983

1983/315 THE FISHERIES (CHRISTCHURCH COMMERCIAL FISHING RESTRICTIONS) NOTICE 1988 PURSUANT to section 89 of the Fisheries Act 1983 and the Fisheries (Commercial Fishing) Regulations 1983, the Director-General of Agriculture and Fisheries hereby gives the following notice. I. Title and commencemnt 2. Interpretation 3. Netting requirements 4. Trawling prohibited ANALYSIS 5. Taking of eels prohibited 6. Taking rock lobsters in the Chatham Islands 7. Prohibition on fishing in certain islands NOTICE 1. Title and commencement-(l) This notice may be cited as the Fisheries (Christchurch Commercial Fishing Restrictions) Notice 1983. (2) This notice shall come into force on the 1st day ofJanuary 1984. 2. Interpretation-(l) In this notice, unless the context otherwise requires, "Chatham Islands rock lobster fishery" means the rock lobster fishery bounded by all that area of New Zealand fisheries waters enclosed by a line commencing at a point 40° 25' S and 1780 W on the outer limits of the exclusive economic zone; then proceeding along the outer limits of the zone to a position 510 50' S and 1740 35' E; then proceeding in a straight line to a position 500 55' Sand 1730 50'E; the proceeding along the outer limits of the zone to a position 48° 15' Sand 1740 E; then proceeding in a straight line to the point of commencement: "Day" means a period of 24 hours computed from midnight to midnight: "Eel" means the shortfin eel (Anguilla australis) and the longfin eel (Anguilla dieJfenbachii): "Fyke net" means any trap net (set with or without leaders or wings), with the trap section having single or multiple throats and supported by hoops or rings with the leaders or the net being held in position by poles or anchoring devices or by both poles and anchoring devices: "Herring" means the yellow-eyed mullet (Aldrichetta forsterit; but does not include the sardine or the species of mullet known as Mugil cephalus or kanae: "Hinaki trap" means any trap capable of taking eels: "Net" includes any net capable of being used to take fish; but does not include a whitebait net: Price J5c '2 Fisheries (Christchurch Commercial Fishing Restrictions) 1983/315 Notice 1983 "Rock lobster" means the fish of which the scientific names xce fasus "dlVtlrdlii, (commonly known as the spiny or red rock lobster), and .I,I.IILI uetreauxi (commonly known as the packhorse or green rock lobster): "Set 1~et'· includes a gill net, drift net, trammel net, or any other son of net which acts by enmeshing or entangling any fish: "Trawl net" means any net, or part thereof (not including a Danish scmo net) that is used by being drawn over the bed of any water or through any waters by one or more vessels or mechanical devices: "Whitebait net" means any net, contrivance, instrument, or device used, or capable of being used, for taking whitebait. \'~' Words and expressions in this notice which are defined in the Fisheries ,\'"1 1'~~U shall, unless the context otherwise requires, have the meanings ScI ,khned. 3. ~ettin~ requirements-(l) No person shall use any net, except a tyke nc-t , tor ukmg fish in the following areas: \.1) Waimakariri and Kaiapoi Rivers: . (i) The waters of the Kaiapoi River and its tributaries upstream from the Williams Street Bridge: . (ii) During the period commencing with the 1st day of February In any year and ending with the 30th day of April in the same veal', in the waters of , (A) The Kaiapoi River and its tributaries downstream from the Williams Street Bridge; and (B) That pan of the Waimakariri River lying northwards of a straight line drawn from the site of a white post on the north bank of the Waimakariri River 200 m downstream of the mouth ot: the Kaiapoi River to the site of a white post on the south bank ot, the Waimakariri River; and thence by straight line to the site ot a white post on the north bank of the Waimakariri River 200 m Upstream of the mouth of the Kaiapoi River (the post on the south bank being situated approximately mid-way between the two posts on the north bank): \b) Lake Ellesmere and Lake Forsyth. \~) No person shall in the waters of Lake Ellesmere, use for taking fish <Hiwr t~l.Ul herring, any net with a mesh size of less than 100 mm. . l':'onded that in the case of a ffke net used under the authority of a h~h\l1g permit solely for the purpose of taking eels, the net may have mesh 11<'t less than 12 mm. ,~) As from the commencement of this notice until the 1st day of June \ ')~.'i. uo nerson shall use for takinz fish in the waters of Lake Ellesmere ,.1' :\11\' 'net with any mesh of a ~ize between 70 mm and 100 rnrn: .b) An'y net more than 9 meshes deep, when the mesh is of a size exceeding 100 mm: ,,'j An:' net more than 25 meshes deep, when the mesh is of a size of not more than 7amm: Provided that nothing in paragraphs (a) or (b) of this subclause shall apply in the case of a tyke net used solely for th~ purpose of taking eels, if the size of the mesh of any such net IS not less than 12 rnm. 1983/315 Fisheries (Christchurch Commercial Fishing Restrictions) Notice 1983 3 (4) No person fishing with a set net in the waters of Lake Ellesmere or Lake Forsyth shall leave the net in the water, without underrunning the net and taking any fish that have been caught, for an interval of time exceeding (a)Between the 1st day of November in any year and the 30th day of April in the following year (both days inclusive), a period of 12 hours; or (b) Between the 1st day of May and the 31st day of October (both days inclusive) in any year, a period of 24 hours. (5) No person shall (a)Use any net for taking fish in any river or stream which flows into Lake Ellesmere: (b) Use any net for taking fish in the waters of Lake Ellesmere lying within an arc of a circle having a radius of 1.2 km around the centre of the mouth of (i)The Irwell River: (ii) Harts Creek: (iii) The Selwyn River: (iv) The No. 2 Drain: (v) The Halswell River the points where that circular arc meets the shore of the lake being indicated in each case by posts painted 'alternate black and yellow bands, such bands being approximately 30 ern in height, each such post being surmounted by a triangular plate, painted yellow. (c) For the purposes of this subclause, the mouth of any river or stream shall be deemed to be the place where the waters of the river or stream meet the waters of the lake and, in any case where a river or stream has more than one mouth, shall be deemed to include every outlet thereof and the shore of the lake between those outlets. 4. Trawling prohibited-No person shall use a trawl net in any of the following areas: (a)Pegasus Bay: The waters of Pegasus Bay lying inside a straight line drawn from the north bank of the mouth of the Waimakariri River (at 43° 23.2' S and 172° 42.6' E) to Godley Head lighthouse (at 43° 35.4' S and 172° 48.5' E) to Beacon Rock (at 43° 36.3' S and 1-72° 51.6' E) toWakaroa Point (at 43° 37.5' Sand 172°56.0' E) to Otohuao Head (at 43° 38.2' Sand 172°58.8' E) to Long Lookout Point Iat 43° 39.1' Sand 173° 02.9' E) to East Head at Okains Bay (at 43° 41.1' S and 173° 05.2' E): (b)Le Bons' Bay: The waters ofLe Bons' Bay, Banks Peninsula, lying inside a straight line drawn from the northeastemmost extremity of Steep Head (at 43° 44.3' S and 173° 07.6' E) to the easternmost extremity of Katawa Head (at 43° 43.8' S and 173° 07.0' E): (c) Akaroa Harbour: The waters of Akaroa Harbour lying inside a straight line drawn from the southeasternmost extremity of Timutimu Head (otherwise known as Iron Head) (at 43° 54.0' S and 172° 57' E) to the southernmost extremity of Te Ruahine Point (at 43° 53.3' S and 172° 58.2' E): 4 Fisheries (Christchurch Commercial Fishing Restrictions) 1983/315 Notice 1983 (d) Wharekauri Island and Pitt Island in the Chatham Islands: The waters of Petre Bay lying inside a straight line drawn from Somes Point (at 43° 50.4' Sand 176° 53.2' W) to Durham Point (at 44° 00.6' Sand 176°41.0' W); and the waters of Hanson Bay lying inside a straight line drawn from Okawa Point (sometimes known as Waikeri Point) (at 43° 46.3' Sand 176°14.2' W) to Manukau Point Iat 44° 02.1' S and 176° 19.6' W), and all those waters lying within 3 nautical miles of mean high-water mark of the shore ofWharekauri Island and Pitt Island. 5. Taking eels prohibited-OJ No person shall take eels from Lake Forsyth. (2) No person shall take eels from those waters, or streams flowing into those waters, lying in a westerly direction from a straight line drawn due South from the site of a post on the north bank to the site of a post on the south bank of the arm of Lake Ellesmere near Taumutu. 6. Taking rock lobsters in the Chatham Islands-No person shall, during the period commencing with the 1st day of March 1984 and expiring with the 30th day of April 1984, take by any fishing method or have in possession any rock lobster from the waters of the Chatham Islands rock lobster fishery. 7. Prohibition on fishing in certain areas-No person shall take fish by any method during the period commencing with the 1st day ofJanuary and expiring with the 30th day of April in any year from those waters lying within 1 km seawards in any direction of a line drawn from the southernmost bank to the northernmost bank of the mouth or mouths of the following rivers: (a)The Rakaia; (b)The Ashburton; (c) The Rangitata; (d)The Waitaki. Dated at Wellington this 21st day of December 1983. M. J. BELGRAVE, Assistant Director-General of Agriculture and Fisheries. EXPLANATORY NOTE This note is not part of the notice, but is intended to indicate its general effect. This notice imposes certain restrictions on commercial fishing in the Christchurch district. Issued under the authority' of the Regulations Act 1936. Date of notification in Gazelle: 2I December 1983. This notice is administered in the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries. w~ 1.1.1~(;TOS. 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