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Conservation 3630 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE No. 157 Fishery Quota Conservation Management Common Name Species Area Fisheries Act 1983 Atalacmea species, Scutus District Anglers (Auckland Acclimatisation species District) Notice 1987, Amendment No. 1 Mud snail Amphibola 2,7 & 8 crenata Pursuant to section 71 of the Fisheries Act 1983, the Auckland Mussels-blue Mytilus edulis New Zealand Acclimatisation Society amends the District Anglers (Auckland fisheries waters Acclimatisation District) Notice 1987, No. 164, Supplement to green-lipped Perna canaliculus New Zealand the New Zealand Gazette, 1987, pages 4508 and 4509 fisheries waters 1. Title and commencement-(1) This amending notice may horse Atrina zelandica New Zealand be cited as the District Anglers (Auckland Acclimatisation fisheries waters District) Notice 1987, Amendment No. 1, and shall be read Oyster-dredge Tiostrea Jutaria 1,2,7,8 & 9 together with and deemed part of the District Anglers rock Saccostrea 1&9 (Auckland Acclimatisation District) Notice 1987 (hereinafter glomerata referred to as the "principal notice"). Pipi Paphies australis New Zealand (2) This amending notice shall come into force on the 1st day fisheries waters of October 1988. Scallop- 2. Open season-The principal notice is amended by omitting New Zealand Pecten 1,3,4,5,6 & 9 from clause 3 (3) (i) the words, "except Parkinson's Lake". novaezelandiae Queen Chlamys 3,4,5 & 6 3. Closed season-Clause 4 of the principal notice is delicacula repealed and the following clause is substituted: Surf Clams including Dosinia New Zealand "4. Closed season-There shall be a closed season from the anus, Paphies fisheries waters 1st day of October 1988 to the 30th day of April 1989 (both donacina, Mactra days included) in respect of the taking of acclimatised fish discors, Mactra from the Awakino River upstream of the State Highway bridge murchisonii, at Mahoenui." Spisula 4. Authorised tackle-Clause 6 of the principal notice is aequilateralis, amended- Panopea zelandica (1) By inserting in subclause (1) after "rod and running line" Tuatua Paphies New Zealand the words "except a roach pole may be used to fish for and subtriangulata fisheries waters take non-salmonid acclimatised fish." Whelks including 2,3,4,5,6,7 & 8 (2) By omitting from paragraph (a) of subclause (2) the words Cominella "or gaff" and ", except that a gaff may not be used in the species, Wanganui River". Buccinulum (3) By omitting from paragraph (b) of subclause (2) the words strebeli, Penion "of not more than 2 metres in depth and." species OTHER (4) By deleting subparagraph (xi) from paragraph (b) of Kina/Sea urchin Evechinus New Zealand subclause (2) and substituting the following- chloroticus fisheries waters " (xi) The Hikutaia Cut: Octopus Octopus maorum 1,3,4,5,6 & 9 (xii) Lake Tomarata: Sea cucumber Stichopus mollis 2,3,4,5,6,7 & 8 Sea slug/ (xiii) Lake Rotoroa (Hamilton Lake): sea hare Aplysia 3,4,5 & 6 (xiv) Lake Hakanoa: dactylomela (xv) Any other pond or lake contained within any freehold Sea tulip Pyura 3,4,5 & 6 land title." pachydermatina (5) By inserting in paragraph (c) of subclause (7) after "and Dated at Wellington this 13th day of September 1988. fly" the following words: ", accepting that 'artificial fly' R. L. ALLEN, Acting Assistant Director-General. includes any lure of feather, fur, wool, or other material of any gol0168 kind customarily used in the making of artificial flies, but does not include any lure in the tying of which any lead or other Hive Levy Act 1978 weight has been incorporated, unless the hook used in that lure does not exceed 20 mm in length (exclusive of the eye) Fixing Rate of Hive Levy (Notice No. 4460; Ag 4/ and the gape of the hook does not exceed 7 mm and the hook is not larger than No. 8 ("Redditch" or "old" scale)". 54/19) (6) By repealing subclause (7) (k) (i). Pursuant to section 3 of the Hive Levy Act 1978, having received the recommendation of the National Beekeepers' 5. Authorised lures and baits-Clause 10 of the principal Association of New Zealand Incorporated, I hereby fix the notice is amended by deleting subclause (xi) and substituting annual rate of levy for 1989 at 48 cents per hive. the following- This levy is to be paid to the association in accordance with " (xi) The Hikutaia Cut: sections 4, 5 and 6 of the Hive Levy Act 1978 by every person (xii) Lake Tomarata: who is a beekeeper on the 1st day of January 1989. (xiii) Lake Rotoroa (Hamilton Lake): Dated at Wellington this 6th day of September 1988. (xiv) Lake Hakanoa: COLIN MOYLE, Minister of Agriculture. (xv) Any other pond or lake contained within any freehold go9877 land title:" .
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