Fisheries (Christchurch Amateur Fishing) Notice 1983

1983/305 THE FISHERIES (CHRISTCHURCH AMATEUR FISHING) NOTICE 1988 PURSUANT to section 89 of the Fisheries Act 1983 and the Fisheries (Amateur Fishing) Regulations 1983, the Director-General of Agriculture and Fisheries hereby gives the following notice. 1. Title and commencement 2. Interpretation ANALYSIS I 3. Netting prohibited 4. Net mesh size restricted 5. Use of nets restricted NOTICE 1. Tide and commencement-e-Il) This notice may be cited as the Fisheries (Christchurch Amateur Fishing) 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, "Eel" means the shorfm eel (Anguilla australis) and the longfin eel (AngUilla dieffenbachii): "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 forsteris; but does not include the sardine (Sardinops neoptlchardust or the species of mullet known as Mugil cephalus or kanae. (2) Words and expressions in this notice which are defined in the Fisheries Act 1983 and the Fisheries (Amateur Fishing) Regulations 1983 shall, unless the context otherwise requires, have the meanings so defined. 8. Netting prohibited-No person shall use any net, except a fyke net, for taking finfish in the following waters: (a) The Kaiapoi river and its tributaries upstream from the Williams Street Bridge; and (b) During the period commencing with the 1st day of February and ending with the 30th day of April in anyone year, (i) The Kaiapoi River and its tributaries downstream from the Williams Street Bridge; and Price JOe 2 Fisheries (Christchurch Amateur Fishing) Notice 1983 1983/305 (ii)That part 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 of the Kaiapoi River, to the site of a white post on the south bank. of the Waimakariri River; and thence by straight line to the site of a white fost on the north bank. of Waimakariri River 200 m upstream 0 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). 4. Net mesh size restricted-No person shall use for taking finfish, other than herring, a net having a mesh of less than 100 mm in the waters of Lake Ellesmere. 5. Use of nets restricted-(l) No person shall (a)Use any net for taking finfish in any river or stream flowing into Lake Ellesmere except nets used in accordance with Part V of the Fisheries Act 1983, the Freshwater Fisheries Regulations 1983, or any District Anglers Notice for the time being in force: (b) Use any net for taking finfish 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) 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 with alternate black and yellow bands, such bands being approximately 30 em in height, each such post being surmounted by a triangular plate, painted yellow. (2) For the purposes of this clause, the mouth of any river or stream shall be deemed to be the place where, at mean lake level when the lake is open to the sea, 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. 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 restrictions on the taking of finfish in several areas in Canterbury. Issued under the authority of the Regulations Act 1936. Date of notification in Gazette: 21 December 1983. This notice is administered in the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries. WELLINGTON. NEW ZEALAND. Printed under the authority of the New Zealand Govenunent by P. D. HASSELBERG, Government Printer-1983 9452A-88PT