New Zealand Legislation: Regulations

9 Trawling prohibited in certain areas from Clarence Point to Cape Jackson

• (1) Regulation 4(1) is amended by omitting “trawl” and substituting “use a trawl net for fishing”.

  (2) Regulation 4(1) is amended by revoking paragraphs (c) and (d) and substituting the following paragraphs:

  • “(c) then proceeds in a northerly direction 2 nautical miles from the mean high-water mark to a point north-west of Cape Koamaru (at 41°03.53′S and 174°21.56′E); and

  • “(d) then proceeds south-east to Cape Koamaru (at 41°05.50′S and 174°23.00′E); and”.

  (3) Regulation 4(1) is amended by revoking paragraphs (i) to (m) and substituting the following paragraph:

  • “(i) then proceeds south along the line of the mean high-water mark to the point of commencement at Clarence Point (at 42°10.00′S and 173°56.00′E).”

  (4) Regulation 4 is amended by inserting the following subclause after subclause (1):

  • “(1A) A commercial fisher must not use a trawl net for fishing in the waters lying within an area bounded by a line that—

    • “(a) extends from Cape Jackson light (at 40°59.70′S and 174°18.80′E); and

    • “(b) then proceeds to a point 2 nautical miles due north of Cape Jackson light (at 40°57.61′S and 174°18.80′E); and

    • “(c) then proceeds in an easterly direction 2 nautical miles from the mean high-water mark to a point 2 nautical miles south-east of Cape Jackson light (at 41°02.35′S and 174°20.75′E); and

    • “(d) then proceeds in a line north-west to the point of commencement at Cape Jackson light (at 40°59.70′S and 174°18.80′E).”