Notice Type
Departmental
Notice Title

Corrigendum—Fisheries (Seabird Mitigation Measures—Surface Longlines) Circular (No 2) 2019 (Notice No. MPI 1111)

In the notice with the above title, published in the New Zealand Gazette, 8 January 2020, Notice No. 2020-go30, the wording of clause 4 is incorrect. The correct wording for clause 4 is

4. Restrictions on use of surface longlines without hook-shielding devices

An operator or master of a vessel must not set a surface longline in New Zealand fisheries waters without using a hook-shielding device, unless at all times when the line is set, a streamer line that complies with clauses 6 to 8 is used, and either:

  1. the line is not set during the period of time between half an hour before nautical dawn and half an hour after nautical dusk on the same day; or
  2. the line is weighted in accordance with clause 5.