Fisheries (Central Area Commercial Fishing) Amendment Regulations (No 2) 2009

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Fisheries (Central Area Commercial Fishing) Amendment Regulations (No 2) 2009

Anand Satyanand, Governor-General

Order in Council

At Wellington this 24th day of August 2009

Present:
His Excellency the Governor-General in Council

Pursuant to section 297 of the Fisheries Act 1996, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council, makes the following regulations.

Regulations

1 Title

  • These regulations are the Fisheries (Central Area Commercial Fishing) Amendment Regulations (No 2) 2009.

2 Commencement

  • These regulations come into force on 1 October 2009.

3 Principal regulations amended
4 All fishing methods prohibited in certain waters

  • (1) Regulation 3(1)(a) is amended by omitting “39°05.26′S and 177°57.25′E” and substituting “39°05.37′S and 177°57.45′E”.

    (2) Regulation 3(1)(b) is amended by omitting “39°06.15′S and 177°59.42′E” and substituting “39°06.16′S and 177°59.72′E”.

    (3) Regulation 3(1)(c) is amended by omitting “39°07.10′S and 177°51.13′E” and substituting “39°07.12′S and 177°51.20′E”.

    (4) Regulation 3(1)(d) is amended by omitting “39°44.8′S and 177°0.6′E” and substituting “39°44.66′S and 177°00.64′E”.

5 Trawling and Danish seining prohibited

  • (1) Regulation 4(a) is amended by omitting “39°18.1′S and 176°58.6′'E” and substituting “39°18.05′S and 176°58.54′E”.

    (2) Regulation 4(b) is amended by omitting “39°27.02′S and 176°52.4′E” and substituting “39°27.02′S and 176°52.29′E”.

    (3) Regulation 4(f) is amended by—

    • (a) omitting “beginning at the mean high-water mark at Pitikirua Point (at approximately 37°32.6′S and 178°4.8′E)” and substituting “commencing at the mean high-water mark at Potikirua Point at 37°32.53′S and 178°04.91′E”:

    • (b) omitting “at approximately 37°32.3′S” and substituting “at 37°32.3′S”:

    • (c) omitting “at Pitikirua Point (at approximately 37°32.6′S and 178°4.8′E)”.

6 Pair trawling prohibited from Cape Runaway to Castlepoint

  • Regulation 5 is amended by—

    • (a) omitting “37°32.3′S and 177°59.4′E” and substituting “37°32.30′S and 177°59.00′E”:

    • (b) omitting “40°54.01′S and 176°13.3′E” and substituting “40°54.02′S and 176°13.88′E”.

7 Trawling prohibited in certain waters

  • (1) Regulation 6(a) is amended by omitting “41°20.8′S and 174°49.23′E” and substituting “41°20.68′S and 174°49.27′E”.

    (2) Regulation 6(b) is amended by omitting “41°3.97′S and 174°50.25′E” and substituting “41°03.88′S and 174°50.46′E”.

    (3) Regulation 6(c) is amended by omitting “174°35′E and 38°49′S” and substituting “38°48.98′S and 174°35.23′E”.

8 Trawling by vessels over 46 m long prohibited in certain waters

  • Regulation 6A(a) is amended by omitting “41°37′S and 175°17′E” and substituting “41°36.73′S and 175°16.44′E”.

9 Trawling prohibited from Tirua Point to Pariokariwa Point

  • (1) Regulation 6C(1)(a) is amended by omitting “38°23.22′S and 174°38.04′E” and substituting “38°23.22′S and 174°38.06′E”.

    (2) Regulation 6C(1)(g) is amended by omitting “38°23.22′S and 174°38.04′E” and substituting “38°23.22′S and 174°38.06′E”.

10 Danish seining prohibited around lower North Island

  • Regulation 7 is amended by omitting “37°32.3′S and 177°59.4′E” and substituting “37°32.30′S and 177°59.00′E”.

11 Set netting prohibited within 2 miles of Cape Runaway coast

  • Regulation 7C is amended by—

    • (a) omitting “beginning at the mean high-water mark at Pitikirua Point (at approximately 37°32.6′S and 178°4.8′E)” and substituting “commencing at the mean high-water mark at Potikirua Point (at 37°32.53′S and 178°04.91′E)”:

    • (b) omitting “commencement at Pitikirua Point (at approximately 37°32.6′S and 178°4.8′E)” and substituting “commencement”.

12 Set netting prohibited from Tirua Point to Pariokariwa Point

  • (1) Regulation 7D(1)(a) is amended by omitting “38°23.22′S and 174°38.04′E” and substituting “38°23.22′S and 174°38.06′E”.

    (2) Regulation 7D(1)(g) is amended by omitting “38°23.22′S and 174°38.04′E” and substituting “38°23.22′S and 174°38.06′E”.

13 Netting prohibited in Wellington Harbour

  • (1) Regulation 9(2) is amended by—

    • (a) omitting “41°14.87′S and 174°53.92′E” and substituting “41°14.75′S and 174°53.97′E”:

    • (b) omitting “41°15.82′S and 174°51.98′E” and substituting “41°15.70′S and 174°51.96′E”.

    (2) Regulation 9(3) is amended by—

    • (a) omitting “41°20.80′S and 174°49.30′E” and substituting “41°20.68′S and 174°49.27′E”:

    • (b) omitting “41°21.68′S and 174°50.90′E” and substituting “41°21.57′S and 174°50.95′E”.

14 Certain fishing prohibited in Porirua Harbour

  • Regulation 9A(1) is amended by omitting “41°05.10′S and 174°51.70′E” and substituting “41°04.98′S and 174°51.85′E”.

15 New regulation 9B inserted

  • The following regulation is inserted after regulation 9A:

    “9B All fishing methods except hand-held line prohibited within Pukerua Bay

    • “(1) No commercial fisher may take fish, aquatic life, or seaweed from Pukerua Bay, except by the method of a hand-held line.

      “(2) In this regulation, Pukerua Bay means waters within a line that—

      • “(a) commences at a point on the coastline east of Wairaka Point at 41°01.84′S and 174°52.26′E; and

      • “(b) then proceeds north to a prominent rock at 41°01.68′S and 174°52.26′E; and

      • “(c) then proceeds generally northeast to a point on the coastline at 41°00.94′S and 174°54.96′E; and

      • “(d) then proceeds generally southwest following the coastline to the point of commencement.”

16 Taking paua and mussels prohibited from Cape Runaway to Blackhead Lighthouse

  • Regulation 10 is amended by omitting “37°32.3′S and 177°59.4′E” and substituting “37°32.30′S and 177°59.00′E”.

17 Taking of finfish from Wairoa Hard prohibited

  • Regulation 11 is amended by—

    • (a) omitting “39°14.9′S and 177°01.4′E” and substituting “39°14.75′S and 177°01.32′E”:

    • (b) omitting “39°05.7′S and 177°17.1′E” and substituting “39°05.51′S and 177°17.60′E”:

    • (c) omitting “39°07.04′S and 177°11.02′E” and substituting “39°07.22′S and 177°11.03′E”.

18 Shellfish prohibitions

  • (1) Regulation 12(1) is amended by—

    • (a) omitting “Paretu” in each place where it appears and substituting in each case “Paritu”:

    • (b) omitting “38°57.05′S and 177°54.2′E” and substituting “38°56.90′S and 177°54.23′E”.

    (2) Regulation 12(2) is amended by omitting “41°20.8′S and 174°49.23′E” and substituting “41°20.68′S and 174°49.27′E”.

    (3) Regulation 12(3) is amended by omitting “38°23.5′S and 174°38′E” and substituting “38°23.22′S and 174°38.06′E”.

    (4) Regulation 12(4) is amended by omitting “41°26.4′S and 174°55′E” and substituting “41°25.93′S and 174°55.10′E”.

19 Taking of Kina prohibited in Wellington area

  • (1) Regulation 13(a) is amended by omitting “41°03.0′S and 174°50.70′E” and substituting “41°03.88′S and 174°50.46′E”.

    (2) Regulation 13(b) is amended by—

    • (a) omitting “41°03.0′S and 174°50.70′E” and substituting “41°03.88′S and 174°50.46′E”:

    • (b) omitting “41°07.90′S and 174°47.30′E” and substituting “41°07.77′S and 174°47.35′E”.

20 Taking seaweed prohibited in certain areas

  • (1) Regulation 13A(1)(a) is amended by omitting “30°38.6′S and 177°42.1′E” and substituting “39°38.59′S and 177°05.73′E”.

    (2) Regulation 13A(1)(e) is amended by omitting “40°54.7′S and 176°13.4′E” and substituting “40°54.02′S and 176°13.88′E”.

    (3) Regulation 13A(1)(f) is amended by omitting “41°36.9′S and 175°17.3′E” and substituting “41°36.80′S and 175°17.40′E”.

21 Restrictions on fishing around Sugar Loaf Islands

  • Regulation 14(5)(a) is amended by—

    • (a) omitting “39°04′19.7′′S and 174°01.10.85′′E” and substituting “39°04.22′S and 174°01.19′E”:

    • (b) omitting “39°03′56.37′′S and 173°59′57.10′′E” and substituting “39°03.83′S and 173°59.96′E”:

    • (c) omitting “39°03′29.34′′S and 174°00′11.21′′E” and substituting “39°03.38′S and 174°00.20′E”:

    • (d) omitting “39°03′10.69′′S and 173°59′42.41′′E” and substituting “39°03.07′S and 173°59.72′E”:

    • (e) omitting “39°02′31.90′′S and 174°00′23.72′′E” and substituting “39°02.43′S and 174°00.41′E”:

    • (f) omitting “39°02′50.54′′S and 174°00′52.51′′E” and substituting “39°02.74′S and 174°00.89′E”:

    • (g) omitting “39°02′28.42′′S and 174°01′16.93′′E” and substituting “39°02.37′S and 174°01.29′E”:

    • (h) omitting “39°03′24.15′′S and 174°02′39.98′′E” and substituting “39°03.30′S and 174°02.68′E”.

22 Kina season and quotas

  • Regulation 14B(4) is amended by omitting “Waipuku Stream (at 39°44.0′S and 177°0.6′E)” and substituting “Waipuka Stream (at 39°44.66′S and 177°00.64′E)”.

23 Offences

Rebecca Kitteridge,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Explanatory note

This note is not part of the regulations, but is intended to indicate their general effect.

These regulations correct co-ordinates and geographical terms in the Fisheries (Central Area Commercial Fishing) Regulations 1986. They come into force on 1 October 2009.

Issued under the authority of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989.

Date of notification in Gazette: 27 August 2009.

These regulations are administered by the Ministry of Fisheries.