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rock lobster), and Jasus verreauxi (commonly known as the packhorse or green rock lobster);

“Rock lobster pot” means any pot, whether baited or not, which is capable of catching or holding rock lobsters; and includes any other device capable of catching, holding, or storing rock lobsters;

“Set net” includes a gill net, drift net, trammel net, or any other sort of net which acts by enmeshing or entangling any fish;

“Trawl net” means any net, or part thereof (not including a Danish seine net) that is used by being drawn over the bed of any water or through any waters by one or more vessels or mechanical devices.

(2) Words and expressions in this notice which are defined in the Fisheries Act 1983 shall, unless the context otherwise requires, have the meanings so defined.

3. Set netting prohibited—No person shall use a set net in the following waters:

(a) Mahia Peninsula: All those waters lying within 2 nautical miles from a line commencing at Boat Harbour (at 39° 0.7′ S and 177° 53.5′ E) and proceeding along the mean high-water mark around Mahia Peninsula to the mouth of the Nuhaka River (at 39° 03.5′ S and 177° 45′ E);

(b) Portland Island: All those waters lying within 2 nautical miles from the mean high-water mark of the shore of Portland Island.

4. Trawling and Danish seining prohibited—No person shall use a trawl net or Danish seine net in any of the following waters:

(a) Waipatiki Stream to Cape Kidnappers: All those waters lying inside a straight line commencing at Cape Kidnappers Lighthouse (at 39° 38.8′ S and 177° 05.5′ E) thence to the mouth of the Waipatiki Stream (at 39° 18.1′ S and 176° 58.6′ E), thence proceeding along mean high-water mark to the point of commencement;

(b) Petane Beach to Ahuriri Bluff: All those waters of Hawke Bay lying inside a straight line drawn from Petane Beach (at 39° 27.02′ S and 176° 52.4′ E) to the easternmost point of Ahuriri Bluff (at 39° 28.9′ S and 176° 55.15′ E);

(c) Ahuriri Bluff to Tuki Tuki River mouth: All those waters of Hawke Bay lying inside a straight line drawn from the easternmost point of Ahuriri Bluff (at 39° 28.9′ S and 176° 55.15′ E) to the eastern bank of the mouth of the Tuki Tuki River (at 39° 36.05′ S and 176° 56.8′ E);

(d) Mahia Peninsula: All those waters lying within 2 nautical miles from a line commencing at Boat Harbour (at 39° 0.7′ S and 177° 53.5′ E) and proceeding along the mean high-water mark around Mahia Peninsula to the mouth of the Nuhaka River (at 39° 03.5′ S and 177° 45′ E);

(e) Portland Island: All those waters lying within 2 nautical miles from the mean high-water mark of the shore of Portland Island.

5. Pair trawling prohibited from Cape Runaway to Castle Point—No person shall use a trawl net towed by more than one vessel in all those waters lying within a line commencing at Cape Runaway (at 37° 32.3′ S and 177° 59.4′ E) and proceeding in a true North direction to the boundary of the Exclusive Economic Zone; thence in a generally southerly direction along that boundary to a point 40° 54.01′ S and 173°45′ W; thence in a true West direction to Castle Point (at 40° 54.01′ S and 176° 13.3′ E); thence in a generally northerly direction along the mean high-water mark to the point of commencement.

6. Taking shellfish—(1) Mahia Peninsula: No person shall take shellfish from that area below mean high-water mark between Paretu (at 38° 57.05′ S and 177° 54.2′ E) and the mouth of the Nuhaka River (at 39° 03.5′ S and 177° 45′ E), including the coast of Mahia Peninsula or from waters adjacent thereto or from the coast of Portland Island or the waters adjacent thereto.

(2) Cape Runaway to Blackhead Lighthouse: No person shall take any paua from those waters below mean high-water mark between Cape Runaway (at 37° 32.3′ S and 177° 59.4′ E) in the north, and Blackhead Lighthouse (at 40° 13.2′ S and 176° 47.2′ E) in the south, including the waters adjacent to the coast of Portland Island and the coast of East Island.

(3) Cape Runaway to Nuhaka River: No person shall take any mussels from those waters below mean high-water mark between Cape Runaway (at 37° 32.3′ S and 177° 59.4′ E) in the north, and the mouth of the Nuhaka River (at 39° 03.5′ S and 177° 45′ E) in the south, including the waters adjacent to the coast of Portland Island and the coast of East Island.

7. All fishing methods prohibited in certain waters—(1) No person shall take any fish by any fishing method from the following waters:

(a) Horokaka, Mahia Peninsula: All those waters lying inside a line commencing at the point 39° 05.26′ S and 177° 57.25′ E near Aurora Point; thence in a northwesterly direction to a point 39° 04.20′ S and 177° 56.21′ E; thence in a

southwesterly direction to the point 39° 05.27′ S and 177° 55.42′ E; thence proceeding along mean high-water mark to the point of commencement;

(b) Pariokena Point to Rarohenga Stream, Mahia Peninsula: All those waters lying inside a line commencing at Pariokena Point (at 39° 05.30′ S and 177°57.45′ E); thence in an easterly direction to a point 39° 05.31′ S and 177° 59.40′ E; thence in a southerly direction to the mouth of the Rarohenga Stream (at 39° 06.15′ S and 177° 59.42′ E); thence proceeding along the mean high-water mark to the point of commencement;

(c) Te Hoe Point to Waikopou Breakwater, Mahia Peninsula: All those waters lying inside a straight line drawn from Te Hoe Point (at 39° 07.10′ S and 177° 51.13′ E) to the Waikopou Breakwater (at 39° 04.31′ S and 177° 49.45′ E);

(d) Waimarama: All those waters lying inside a line commencing at the mouth of the Waipua Stream (at 39° 44.8′ S and 177° 0.6′ E); thence in a southeasterly direction to a point 39° 50.1′ S and 177° 02.6′ E; thence in a southwesterly direction to a point 39° 52′ S and 176° 58.8′ E; thence along the mean high-water mark to the point of commencement.

(2) For the purposes of subclause (1) (d) of this clause, the waters therein described shall include the upwelling known as Ngapuhake to the southeast of Bare Island.

8. Taking of finfish from Wairoa Hard prohibited—No person shall take any finfish from all those waters of Hawke Bay enclosed by a line commencing at the mouth of the Mocangiangi River at a point 39° 14.9′ S and 177° 01.4′ E; thence proceeding in a south-easterly direction to a point 39° 16.6′ S and 177° 07.6′ E; thence proceeding in a northeasterly direction to a point 39° 11.3′ S and 177° 21.2′ E; thence proceeding in a northwesterly direction to the Waihua River mouth to a point 39° 05.7′ S and 177° 17.1′ E; thence proceeding along mean high-water mark to the northernmost bank of the mouth of the Mohaka River (at 39° 07.03′ S and 177° 11.03′ E); thence proceeding by a straight line to the southernmost bank of the mouth of the Mohaka River (at 39° 07.04′ S and 177° 11.02′ E); thence proceeding along mean high-water mark to the point of commencement.

9. Revocation—The Fisheries (Hastings Commercial Fishing Restrictions) Notice 1983* is hereby revoked.

Dated at Wellington this 28th day of February 1984.

M. J. BELGRAVE,
Assistant Director-General of Agriculture and Fisheries.

*S.R. 1983/313

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EXPLANATORY NOTE

This note is not part of the notice, but is intended to indicate its general effect.

This notice continues certain restrictions on commercial fishing in the Hastings District imposed by S.R. 1983/313, and extends a no-fishing area to include an area around Waimarama.

Fisheries (Dunedin Commercial Fishing Restrictions) Notice 1984

PURSUANT to section 89 of the Fisheries Act 1983 and the Fisheries (Commercial Fishing) Regulations 1983, the Director-General of Agriculture and Fisheries hereby gives the following notice.

NOTICE

1. Title and commencement—(1) This notice may be cited as the Fisheries (Dunedin Commercial Fishing Restrictions) Notice 1984.

(2) This notice shall come into force on the day after the date of its notification in the Gazette.

2. Interpretation—(1) In this notice, unless the context otherwise requires,—

“Authorised fish packing house” means Ferons Seafoods (Fishing Packing House Licence No. 5), Globe Fisheries (Fish Packing House Licence No. 51), Otakou Fisheries (Fish Packing House Licence No. 91), and Skeggs Fisheries (Fish Packing House Licence No. 87);

“Consumer Pack” means a container which—

(a) Complies with the requirements of the Food and Drug Regulations 1973; and

(b) Contains only whole rock lobsters or whole rock lobster tails; and

(c) Does not exceed 1 kg in net weight; and

(d) When sold, is sealed with an unbroken seal; and

(e) Is inscribed with the words “Crayfish Consumer Pack”, “Crayfish (Tails) Consumer Pack”, or “Rock Lobster Consumer Pack”, or “Rock Lobster (Tails) Consumer Pack”, as the case may be, and the name of the proprietor of the packing house, the location of