Fisheries (Auckland and Kermadec Areas Commercial Fishing) Regulations 1986

10C Drift net fishing prohibited in Port Waikato

• (1) A commercial fisher must not use a drift net for fishing within the waters lying inside a line with the co-ordinates set out in subclause (2) (which are at each side of the harbour entrance of Port Waikato joined by a straight line) and extending landward from that line.

  (2) The co-ordinates are—

  • (a) north Waikato River mouth (at 37°21.10′S and 174°41.33′E); and

  • (b) south Waikato River mouth (at 37°23.69′S and 174°42.72′E).

  Regulation 10C: inserted, on 1 October 2008, by regulation 7 of the Fisheries (Auckland and Kermadec Areas Commercial Fishing) Amendment Regulations (No 2) 2008 (SR 2008/267).