Fisheries (Green-Lipped Mussel Spat Ratio) Notice 2004

  • revoked
  • Fisheries (Green-Lipped Mussel Spat Ratio) Notice 2004: revoked, on 30 September 2018, by clause 4 (and see clause 2 for application) of the Fisheries (Green-lipped Mussel Spat Ratio) Notice 2018 (LI 2018/166).

Reprint as at 30 September 2018

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Fisheries (Green-Lipped Mussel Spat Ratio) Notice 2004

(SR 2004/338)

Fisheries (Green-Lipped Mussel Spat Ratio) Notice 2004: revoked, on 30 September 2018, by clause 4 (and see clause 2 for application) of the Fisheries (Green-lipped Mussel Spat Ratio) Notice 2018 (LI 2018/166).

Note

Changes authorised by subpart 2 of Part 2 of the Legislation Act 2012 have been made in this official reprint.

Note 4 at the end of this reprint provides a list of the amendments incorporated.

This notice is administered by the Ministry of Fisheries.

Pursuant to section 188A of the Fisheries Act 1996, the Chief Executive of the Ministry of Fisheries gives the following notice.

Notice

1 Title

This notice is the Fisheries (Green-Lipped Mussel Spat Ratio) Notice 2004.

2 Commencement

This notice comes into force on 1 October 2004.

3 Green-lipped mussel spat ratio for Ninety Mile Beach

(1)

The ratio set out in subclause (2) must be used to report all seaweed or green-lipped mussel spat taken from Ninety Mile Beach.

(2)

For the purpose of determining the weight of green-lipped mussel spat and the weight of seaweed taken from Ninety Mile Beach, where spat is taken when attached to seaweed, the spat to seaweed ratio is 50:50.

(3)

In this clause, Ninety Mile Beach means all New Zealand fisheries waters enclosed by a line—

(a)

commencing at the mean high-water mark at Tauroa (Reef Point) (at approximately 35°11.20′S and approximately 173°03.40′E); then

(b)

proceeding due west to the territorial sea boundary (at approximately 35°11.20′S and approximately 172°48.55′E); then

(c)

proceeding in a generally north-easterly then north-westerly direction along the territorial sea boundary to a point on the line of latitude of the mean high-water mark at Scott Point (at approximately 34°31.90′S and approximately 172°24.07′E); then

(d)

proceeding due east to the mean high-water mark at Scott Point (at approximately 34°31.90′S and approximately 172°43.01′E); then

(e)

proceeding in a generally south-easterly direction along the mean high-water mark to the point of commencement.

Dated at Wellington this 16th day of September 2004.

Warwick Tuck,
Chief Executive of the Ministry of Fisheries.

Explanatory note

This note is not part of the notice, but is intended to indicate its general effect.

This notice sets a spat to seaweed ratio of 50:50 for the purpose of determining the weight of green-lipped mussel spat and seaweed taken together from Ninety Mile Beach.

Issued under the authority of the Legislation Act 2012.

Date of notification in Gazette: 23 September 2004.

Reprints notes
1 General

This is a reprint of the Fisheries (Green-Lipped Mussel Spat Ratio) Notice 2004 that incorporates all the amendments to that notice as at the date of the last amendment to it.

2 Legal status

Reprints are presumed to correctly state, as at the date of the reprint, the law enacted by the principal enactment and by any amendments to that enactment. Section 18 of the Legislation Act 2012 provides that this reprint, published in electronic form, has the status of an official version under section 17 of that Act. A printed version of the reprint produced directly from this official electronic version also has official status.

3 Editorial and format changes

Editorial and format changes to reprints are made using the powers under sections 24 to 26 of the Legislation Act 2012. See also http://www.pco.parliament.govt.nz/editorial-conventions/.

4 Amendments incorporated in this reprint

Fisheries (Green-lipped Mussel Spat Ratio) Notice 2018 (LI 2018/166): clause 4