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NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
No. 127

Fisheries

Fisheries Act 1983

Fisheries (Proposal to Establish the Te Puna Inlet as a Taiapure—Local Fishery) Notice 1995 (No. F9)

Pursuant to section 54D (2) of the Fisheries Act 1983, the Chief Executive of the Ministry of Fisheries, acting under an authorisation from the Minister of Fisheries, hereby gives the following notice:

Notice

1. Title and commencement—(1) This notice may be cited as the Fisheries (Proposal to Establish the Te Puna Inlet as a Taiapure—Local Fishery) Notice 1995.

(2) This notice shall come into effect on the day of its notification in the New Zealand Gazette.

2. Proposal—(1) A proposal by Ngati Rehia o Te Tii Mangonui and Ngati Torehina to establish the Te Puna Inlet in the Bay of Islands as a taiapure—local fishery has been agreed to in principle by the Minister of Fisheries, after consultation with the Minister of Maori Affairs and after having regard to the provisions of section 54B (3) of the Fisheries Act 1983.

(2) The area that is subject to the proposal is as follows: That portion of New Zealand Fisheries waters lying inside a line drawn from Tareha (Akeake) Point (at 35° 11.68′ S and 174° 02.95′ E) to Poraenui Point (at 35° 11.72′ S and 174° 04.05′ E).

3. Public inspection of proposal—(6) A copy of the proposal is available for public inspection, for a period of 2 months as from the date of publication of this notice in the New Zealand Gazette, at the following addresses:

(a) Maori Land Court, 5–7 Walton Street, Whangarei.

(b) Ministry of Fisheries Head Office, ASB Bank House, 101–103 The Terrace, Wellington.

(c) Ministry of Fisheries, 9 Keyte Street, Whangarei.

(d) Far North District Council, Kawakawa Service Centre, Main Road, Kawakawa.

(e) Northland Regional Council, Quay Street, Whangarei.

4. Objections to and submissions on proposal—(2) Any person who is or may be affected by any aspect of the proposed taiapure—local fishery may by 16 January 1996, lodge an objection to, and/or submission on the proposal at the office of the Maori Land Court given above.

(2) All objections and submissions on the proposal shall:

(a) Identify the grounds on which the objections or submissions are made; and

(b) Be supplemented by such particulars or information as the Registrar of the Maori Land Court notifies the applicant that the Registrar of the Maori Land Court considers necessary to sufficiently identify the grounds for the objections or submissions.

Dated at Auckland this 30th day of October 1995.

ARTHUR HORE, Policy Manager North, Ministry of Fisheries.

(In exercise of the powers delegated under section 41 of the State Sector Act 1988.)

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Fisheries (Bycatch Trade-Off) Notice (No. 4) 1995 (No. F11)

Pursuant to section 28ZG of the Fisheries Act 1983, and a delegation made pursuant to section 41 of the State Sector Act 1988, the Policy Manager (North) hereby gives the following notice.

Notice

1. Title and commencement—(1) This notice may be cited as the Fisheries (Bycatch Trade-off) Notice (No. 4) 1995.

(2) This notice shall come into effect on the 2nd day of November 1995, and shall expire on the 15th day of January 1996.

2. Interpretation—In this notice:

(a) Any reference to Quota Management Area means the appropriate Quota Management Area as defined in the Fisheries (Quota Management Areas, Total Allowable Catches and Catch Histories) Notice 1986*;

(b) Target species and bycatch species are specified by the way of fishstock codes, being Fishstock Codes defined in the Second Schedule of the Fisheries (Reporting) Regulations 1990†; and

(c) Methods are specified by way of method codes, being Method Codes defined in the Second Schedule of the Fisheries (Reporting) Regulations 1990†.

3. Offering a lease of quota in lieu of paying deemed value—(1) As from the date this notice comes into effect, any commercial fisherman who could be required under section 28ZD of the Fisheries Act 1983 to pay the deemed value of any fish that is specified as a bycatch species in this notice, may offer the Chief Executive of the Ministry of Fisheries a lease or sub-lease of the right to take fish, being fish that are specified in this notice as target species in relation to that bycatch species, as specified in the tables below.

(2) The ratios, as specified in the tables below, are the amounts of target species which may, in lieu of such payments, be accepted by way of lease or sub-lease in relation to the amount of the bycatch species for which the offer of quota is made, e.g. if a fisher is required to pay deemed value for 1 tonne of Ele3 and wishes to offer a lease of Sch3 then the amount that can be offered is 1 tonne × 1.25 = 1.25 tonnes of Sch3.

(3) The bycatch species must have been taken while fishing for the target species using the method or any of the methods specified: e.g. in the case of the above example, the Ele3 bycatch must have been taken using the method of setnetting.

(4) Any offers that relate to bycatch species as specified in this notice must relate to fishing that has occurred in the months of October, November or December 1995 respectively.

4. Revocation—The Fisheries (Bycatch Trade-off) Notice (No. 3) 1995 (No. F5) appearing in the New Zealand Gazette on 3 August 1995, No. 75 at page 2050 is hereby revoked.

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