Pursuant to section 20 of the Fisheries Act 1996, the Minister of Fisheries, after having regard to the matters specified in section 21 of that Act, gives the following notice.
N o t i c e
1. Title and commencement-(1) This notice is the Fisheries (Quota Management Areas, Total Allowable Catches, and Catch Histories) Amendment Notice (No. 2) 2003.
(2) This notice comes into force on 30 September 2003.
2. Interpretation-In this notice, "principal notice" means the Fisheries (Quota Management Areas, Total Allowable Catches, and Catch Histories) Notice 1986 (S.R. 1986/267).
3. Total allowable commercial catch for hoki-The first Schedule to the principal notice is amended by omitting item A of the items relating to hoki and inserting the following item:
A Auckland (East), Auckland (West), Central (East), Central (Egmont), Challenger/Central (Plateau), South-East (Coast), South-East (Chatham Rise), Southland, and Sub-Antarctic combined 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 180,000
4. Total allowable commercial catch for oreos-The first Schedule to the principal notice is amended by omitting item C of the item relating to oreos and inserting the following item:
C South-East (Chatham Rise) 4 7,000
5. Total allowable commercial catch for paua-The first Schedule to the principal notice is amended by omitting item E of the items relating to paua and inserting the following items:
E Fiordland, Stewart Island, Southland and Otago PAU5A 148.983
PAU5B 90
PAU5D 89
Dated at Wellington this 23rd day of September 2003.
PETE HODGSON, Minister of Fisheries.
Explanatory Note
This note is not part of the notice, but is intended to indicate its general effect.
This notice, which comes into force on 30 September 2003, sets or varies the total allowable commercial catch of the stocks listed, on and from the first day of the next fishing year for the stock concerned.