9 MAY NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 1243

Registry Analyst (Ministry of Fisheries), Wellington

4. Revocation—The Notice Declaring Offices at Which Fishing Vessels May be Registered and Appointing Registrars of Fisheries (No. F8) appearing in the New Zealand Gazette on 19 October 1995, No. 117 at page 3673, and the Amendment to Notice Declaring Offices at Which Fishing Vessels May Be Registered and Appointing Registrars of Fisheries (No. F13) appearing in the New Zealand Gazette on 9 November 1995, No. 131 at page 4319, are hereby revoked.

Dated at Wellington this 30th day of April 1996.

L. A. CAMPBELL, Manager Fisheries Services (acting pursuant to a delegated authority).

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Fisheries (Bycatch Trade-Off) Notice (No. 2) 1996 (No. F29)

Pursuant to section 28G of the Fisheries Act 1983, and a delegation made pursuant to section 41 of the State Sector Act 1988, the Acting 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. 2) 1996.

(2) This notice shall come into effect on the 9th day of May 1996, and shall expire on the 15th day of July 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 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 28D 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 a 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 could be required to pay deemed value for 1 tonne of Gur 1 and wishes to offer a lease of Fla 1 then the amount that can be offered is 1 tonne × 0.42 = 0.42 tonnes of Fla 1.

(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 Gur 1 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 April, May or June 1996 respectively.

4. Revocation—The Fisheries (Bycatch Trade-off) Notice (No. 1) 1996 (No. F18) appearing in the New Zealand Gazette on 8 February 1996, No. 11, page 393 is hereby revoked.

Quota Management Area 1

Quota Management Area 1 (continued)