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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 5, Issue 9, 11 September 1945, Page 6

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WHITEBAIT REGULATIONS WITH LOCAL APPLICATION Following are the Whitebait Regulations: with local bearings?—: > -X In these regulations if not inconsistent with the context, the terms—'Tland net" means a net which is held in the hamd by the person fishing during the whole time it is in the Avater and which is either moved by being dipped into or drawn through the water or is held motionless. "Set net" means a net that is placed in the water so that whitebait may enter it and is not continuously held or manipulated by the person fishing, "Whitebait" means the young of the species Galax ias attenuatus usually known by the' Maori name inanga (in the South Island frequently called inaka), and sometimes bj' the Ivnglish name minrjoAv, Close season: In the North Island from the 15th day of November to the 3()t.h day of June in the following year. o. No person shall use for taking whitebait any hand net the mouth of which has an area exceeding 9 square feet, except in the case of a net with a circular mouth in which case, the diameter of the mouth shall not exceed 4 feet. It shall be unlawful to use a set net to fish for or take whitebait in anj waters other than those, prescribed in the First Schedule. No person shall use a boat, either stationary or in motion, for fishing lor whitebait in a river or stream in which groynes, trenches or similar contrivances for wbitebaiting are in use. The first fisherman to take up a position on any day shall have the right to keep that position for the remainder of the .day so long as lie stays th'ere. He shall mark the spot by fixing his peg or other mark provided or prescribed for the purpose by the local Inspector of Fisheries. If he leaves the river bank temporally lie shall not be considered to have vacated the position provided that his net is left on the'spot, and 1 provided also that he does not ab- ' sent himself for more than one hour. ! 3n the position becoming vacant the 1 Srst fisherman to arrive shall have 1 -he right to occupy it.. It is an

offence to contravene these rules. .The use ol nets to be drawn alone; tlie bottom or through the) water by a rope is prohibited. No nel shall lie used for whitebait fishing which is made with an inner opening smaller than the front of the net mouth or i& pro- ' vided with inside flaps or other de- ] [ vice by means of which fish may be (

[trapped and retained in the net for an indefinite, time. No person shall use a hand net within a distance of two chains from the net of another person already engaged in fishing with a hand net*. No person shall take or fish for J whitebait between one hour after sunset and one hour before sunrise.