Notice Type
Departmental
Notice Title

Notice Declaring an Aquaculture Settlement Area off the North-Eastern Coast of Stewart Island/Rakiura (Southland Region) for the Purposes of the Maori Commercial Aquaculture Claims Settlement Act 2004 (Notice No. MPI 1255)

Pursuant to section 12 of the Maori Commercial Aquaculture Claims Settlement Act 2004 (“Act”), the Minister of Fisheries gives the following notice.

Notice

1. Title and Commencement

(1) This notice may be cited as “Notice Declaring an Aquaculture Settlement Area off the North-Eastern coast of Stewart Island/Rakiura (Southland Region) for the Purposes of the Maori Commercial Aquaculture Claims Settlement Act 2004”.

(2) This notice comes into force on the day after the date of its notification in the New Zealand Gazette.

2. New Area Declared for Settlement Purposes

Under section 12(1) of the Act, the Minister of Fisheries declares a new Aquaculture Settlement Area off the North-Eastern coast of Stewart Island/Rakiura. The boundaries of the new Aquaculture Settlement Area are represented by the coordinates set out below:

Location

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Coordinates

North-Eastern Coast of Stewart Island/Rakuira

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The area enclosed by a line:

(a) commencing at a point offshore (at 46°45.188′S and 168°04.009′E); then

(b) proceeding in a north-easterly direction to a point offshore (at 46°45.085′S and 168°04.174′E); then

(c) proceeding in a south-easterly direction to a point offshore (at 46°45.316′S and 168°04.482′E); then

(d) proceeding in a south-westerly direction to a point offshore (at 46°45.420′S and 168°04.316′E); then

(e) proceeding in a north-westerly direction to the point of commencement.


Dated at Wellington this 19th day of August 2020.

Hon STUART NASH, Minister of Fisheries.