AMENDED REGULATIONS FOR FISHING

Press, Volume XCVIII, Issue 28894, 14 May 1959, Page 7

AMENDED REGULATIONS FOR FISHING

amendments to the North Canwburt fresh water fishing reguJTtions' which, if approved by the Marine Department, would furkjr limit the number of places rtre trout fishing with any lure * bait, other than artificial fly, is allowed, were approved at a meeting of the council of the ■forth Canterbury Acclimatisation Society last evening. ■pie proposed alterations, which bare to be submitted to the jjarine Department by June 1. yere considered for nearly an hour in committee before being apnrnved in open meeting. Amendments to the number of front or salmon that can be caught with the present number jo parenthesis, are as follows: In one day. no person shall take or kill more than 17 <2Ol trout from Lake Lyndon. Other than hake Lyndon, no person shall frke or kill more than 20 (20) acclimatised fish, of which no more than six (10) may be quinnat salmon taken from Lake Coleridge: not more than three (six) may be quinnat salmon taken ■ from other waters; not more than six (eieht) trout mar be taken from high country waters. Another amendment reduces the size of trout allowed to be taken from Lake Lyndon from 12 inches to 10 inches—all other high country waters have a limit of 12in. Use of any lure or bait, other than artificial fly, in the following places is forbidden in the new amendment. — The Ashley river above the main north line railway bridge or in any tributary of that river which joins it above that point; the Selwyn river above the point at the Selwyn huts where the road from Springston south meets the Selwyn river, or in any tributary of that river which joins it above that point; Harts creek above the first traffic bridge above the mouth; the Doyleston drain; the Irwell river above the first

bridge above Lake Ellesmere; the Halswell river above the North Canterbury Acclimatisation Society’s hatchery at Greenpark; the Styx river above Marshland road traffic bridge, or in the Main Drain; the south branch river of the Waimakariri river above the bridge by the Belfast Hotel; the Ohoka river, or In the Southbrook river; the Cam river above the point where the river flows closest to the Main North road: the Cust river, the Waipara river, the Hororata river; Lake Lyndon; in any high country waters other than in Lakes Coleridge. Sumner, or Taylor and the waters from the outlets of Lakes Sheppard. Sumner, and Taylor to the junction of the Sisters stream and the north branch of the Hurunui river. When the amendments had been passed by the meeting, Mr R C Blackmore said that such contentious matters as amendments to the Freshwater Fisheries Regulations (North Canterbury) should go before the fish committee of the society before being presented to the council. *'l feel that the amendments have been passed in a haphazard manner and I for one am not particularly happy about it. I feel that the regulations should have been cut down—not increased. I move that all contentious matters be heard by committees first,” he said. Mr Blackmore’s motion was seconded, the chairman (Dr. D. McK. Dickson) commented: “I hope that is not passed.” Mr N. I. Voyce: Point of order Mr Chairman. I must object to your remark. What you said was a direction to the council. A chairman cannot do that. Dr. Dickson: I was within my right to make that remark. A member then moved an amendment to Mr Blackmore’s motion that the words "wherever possible” be added and the amended motion was passed by the meeting.