Notice Type
Departmental
Notice Title

Fisheries (Quota Aggregation Limit Exemption) Notice (No 2) 2020 (Notice No. MPI 1197)

Pursuant to section 60 of the Fisheries Act 1996, the Minister of Fisheries, after complying with that section, gives the following notice.

Notice

1. Title

This notice is the Fisheries (Quota Aggregation Limit Exemption) Notice (No 2) 2020.

2. Commencement

This notice shall come into effect on the day after its notification in the New Zealand Gazette.

3. Exemption to Quota Aggregation Limit

From the date that this notice comes into effect, consent is given for Gisborne Fisheries 1955 Limited to hold quota shares for rock lobster up to the limit of 20,596,637 quota shares in quota management area CRA 3 (Gisborne).

4. Conditions

The consent given in clause 3 of this notice is subject to the following condition being met:

Gisborne Fisheries 1955 Limited must complete the acquisition of 3,794,496 CRA 3 quota shares from the Gerber Fishing Company Limited prior to 31 March 2022.

5. Evidence of Satisfaction of Condition

To evidence the consent condition has been satisfied Fisheries New Zealand must receive formal notification from Gisborne Fisheries 1955 Limited that the quota shares have been transferred from the Gerber Fishing Company Limited to Gisborne Fisheries 1955 Limited.

6. Revocation

The Fisheries (Quota Aggregation Limit Exemption) Notice 2020 (New Zealand Gazette, 7 April 2020, Notice No. 2020-go1576) is revoked.

Dated at Wellington this 2nd day of July 2020.

Hon STUART NASH, Minister of Fisheries.