New Zealand Legislation: Regulations

5 Set net fishing prohibited in certain areas from Farewell Spit Lighthouse to Awarua Point

• (1) Regulation 2BD(1) is amended by omitting “must not use a set net for fishing in the waters lying within 2 nautical miles from the mean high-water mark to the sea in” and substituting “must not, during the period commencing on 1 December in each year and ending on 28 February in the next year (both days inclusive), use a set net for fishing in the waters lying within an area bounded by”.

  (2) Regulation 2BD(1) is amended by revoking paragraphs (j) to (n) and substituting the following paragraphs:

  • “(j) then follows a line in a generally southerly direction by the mean high-water mark to the Buller River east bank (at 41°43.93′S and 171°35.62′E); and

  • “(k) then proceeds in a straight line to the Buller River west bank (at 41°43.93′S and 171°35.17′E); and

  • “(l) then follows a line in a generally southerly direction by the mean high-water mark to the east bank of the Waitakere/Nile River (at 41°53.81′S and 171°26.71′E); and

  • “(m) then proceeds in a straight line to the Waitakere/Nile River west bank (at 41°53.81′S and 171°26.62′E); and

  • “(n) then follows a line in a generally southerly direction by the mean high-water mark to the north bank of the Grey River (at 42°26.32′S and 171°11.49′E); and”.

  (3) Regulation 2BD(1) is amended by revoking paragraphs (p) and (q) and substituting the following paragraphs:

  • “(p) then follows a line in a generally southerly direction by the mean high-water mark to the north bank of the Hokitika River (at 42°43.22′S and 170°57.10′E); and

  • “(q) then proceeds in a straight line to the south bank of the Hokitika River (at 42°43.31′S and 170°56.91′E); and”.

  (4) Regulation 2BD(1) is amended by revoking paragraph (t) and substituting the following paragraphs:

  • “(t) then follows a line in a generally southerly direction by the mean high-water mark to the westernmost point of Awarua Point (at 44°15.60′S and 168°03.10′E); and

  • “(u) then proceeds due west 2 nautical miles to a point on the Challenger Fisheries Management Area boundary (at 44°15.60′S and 168°00.26′E); and

  • “(v) then proceeds in a northerly direction in a line 2 nautical miles from the mean high-water mark to a point 2 nautical miles north of Farewell Spit Lighthouse (at 40°30.26′S and 173°00.50′E); and

  • “(w) then proceeds due south to Farewell Spit Lighthouse to the point of commencement (at 40°32.70′S and 173°00.50′E).”