Fisheries (Rapaki Bay Mtaitai Reserve Bylaws) Notice 1999 (No. F125) Pursuant to regulations 25 and 26 of the Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Regulations 1998, the Associate Minister for Food, Fibre, Biosecurity and Border Control hereby gives the following notice: N o t i c e 1. Title and commencement (1) This notice may be cited as the Fisheries (Rapaki Bay Mtaitai Reserve Bylaws) Notice 1999. 2. Interpretation In this notice: (a) ``Rapaki Bay mtaitai reserve'' means the mtaitai reserve notified in the Fisheries (Declaration of Mtaitai Reserve) Notice 1998 (New Zealand Gazette, 17 December 1998, No. 200, page 4762); (b) ``Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki'' means any person or persons appointed as Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki for the Rapaki Bay mtaitai reserve under regulation 21 of the Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Regulations 1998. 3. Bylaws for the Rapaki Bay mtaitai reserve The Associate Minister for Food, Fibre, Biosecurity and Border Control hereby publishes the following approved bylaws for the Rapaki Bay mtaitai reserve: 1. All fishing within the Rapaki Bay mtaitai reserve is to be reported to the Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki of the Reserve. This will be done by filing a catch return form obtainable from Te Hapu o Ngti Wheke office situated at the Marae, or by phone to the office administrator (03) 328 9415 or facsimile (03) 328 9416. 2. The fishing for and/or taking of Whairepo/Stingray from the Rapaki Bay mtaitai reserve is prohibited. 3. The fishing for and/or taking of Paua/Abalone from within the Rapaki Bay mtaitai reserve is prohibited. 4. The taking of any Rimurimu/Seaweed, beach-cast or attached, with the exception of Undaria pinnatifida from within the Rapaki Bay mtaitai reserve is prohibited. 5. The quota for cockles and pipi taken from within the Rapaki Bay mtaitai reserve shall be up to a maximum of fifty (50) per person, per day. 4. Date of effect The Rapaki Bay mtaitai reserve bylaws specified in this notice shall come into effect on the day after the date of publishing of this notification in the New Zealand Gazette. 5. Fishing subject to bylaws Under regulation 25 (3) of the Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Regulations 1998, all fishing within the Rapaki Bay mtaitai reserve is subject to these bylaws. Dated at Wellington this 10th day of August 1999. Hon. DAVID CARTER, Associate Minister for Food, Fibre, Biosecurity and Border Control.