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Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1382, 17 November 1884, Page 1

Fishing Regulations. R BQ U L A T lONS. 1. These regulations shall come in force from the date of the publication thereor in the New Zealand Gazette (October 2, 1884). ... .. 2. Licenses to fish for trout m all the rivers, streams and lakes in the Provincial District of Canterbury north of the Pangitata river, will be issued under the hand of the'fc'ecretary of the Canterbury A conmatisation Soceity, at and for *very such license a fee of twenty shillings will be charged : Provided that it shall not be obligatory upon the said Secretary to issue a license. 3. Every such license shall entitle the person named therein to fish in any of the said rivers, streams and lakes from the fifteenth day of October in any year until the fifteenth day of April in the treat following inclusive, between the hours of 5 a.m. and 10 p.m. only ; but no such license shall confer* any right of entry upon the land of any person without Kis consent; and any person fishing or attempting to fish or take any salmon or trout, except during the above-men-tioned period, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding LSO. 4. Every such license shall entitle the person named therein to fiah with one rod and lino, and with the bait or devices authorised by these regulations only; and any person who shall use any ground bait, or any net (except a landing net) or other engine, Instrument or device not expressly authorised by these regulations, or shall use or employ either of the methods known as “ cross line fishing ” or “stroke hauling,” or any other unsportsmanlike device, or shall use as a bait salmon roe, fish roe, or any bait prepared with any chemical or medicated dressing whatever, for taking - fish in any of the said risers, streams or lakes , shall be liable to a penalty hot exceeding LSO; and every such net other engine, instrument or device used contrary to these-regulations shall bo forfeited. 5. Any person fishing without a license or any person who shall bn the demand of eny ranger, constable or officer of the Acclimatisation Society, fail to produce and shew to.such ranger, officer, or constable his license, or the contents of creel or bag, cr the bait used by him jr taking fish, or any person who shall, on demand Of a person holding and showing a license fail to produce and show to such person the license (if any) held by him, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding JUS6V# 6. No person shall use or fish with or place on any hook or other device used for taking trout any bait of any kind or description whatever, except the following:—Natural and artificial fly, natural and artificial minnow, silveries, beetles, 'grasshoppers, spiders, caterpillars, the larvae of the cadisfly and worm. Any person found infringing this regulation shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding LSO. 7. Every trout not exceeding eight inches in length, taken by any person, shall be immediately returned alive into the water from which the same is taken ; and any person infringing this regulation shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding ISO. 8. Any person who shall put, throw or place, or ellow to be put, thrown or placed Into any river, stream or lake in the’said Prdvlnoial District of Canterbury any poisonous, deleterious or noxious material, with intent to destroy any fish therein, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding LIOO. 9. No person shall buy, sell or expose or offer for sale, or fish for the purpose of obtaining, any salmon, trout, perch or tench in order to make sale of the same or any part thereof, for a period of two years from the date of the publication of these regulations in the New Zealand Gazette of October 2, 1884; and any person infringing this'regulation shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding LSO. 10. If any person shall be convicted of any offence against these regulations, the license of the offender shall thereupon become void. As witness the hand of his Excellency the Governor, this thirtieth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four. P. A. BIJCKLEY. S. 0. FARR, Hon. Secretary and Treasurer. Oct 15. 1884. 11 2014

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