Fisheries (High Seas Fishing Notifications—South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organisation) Amendment Notice 2015

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Fisheries (High Seas Fishing Notifications—South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organisation) Amendment Notice 2015

Pursuant to section 113C of the Fisheries Act 1996, the Secretary of Foreign Affairs and Trade gives the following notice.

Notice

1 Title

This notice is the Fisheries (High Seas Fishing Notifications—South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organisation) Amendment Notice 2015.

2 Commencement

This notice comes into force on the day after the date of its notification in the Gazette.

4 Clause 5 amended (Where copies available)

In clause 5(a), replace “http://www.southpacificrfmo.org” with “http://www.sprfmo.int/conservation-measures/”.

5 Schedule replaced

Replace the Schedule with the Schedule set out in the Schedule of this notice.

Schedule Schedule replaced

cl 5

Schedule Conservation and management measures

cl 4

The conservation and management measures are—

(a)

CMM 1.02: Conservation and management measure for gillnets in the SPRFMO Convention Area:

(b)

CMM 1.04: Establishing a list of vessels presumed to have carried out illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing activities in the SPRFMO Convention Area:

(c)

CMM 2.03: Management of bottom fishing in the SPRFMO Convention Area:

(d)

CMM 2.04: Minimising bycatch of seabirds in the SPRFMO Convention Area:

(e)

CMM 2.05: Establishment of the Commission record of vessels authorised to fish in the Convention Area:

(f)

CMM 2.06: Establishment of the vessel monitoring system in the SPRFMO Convention Area:

(g)

CMM 2.07: Minimum standards of inspection in port:

(h)

CMM 3.01: Conservation and management measure for Trachurus murphyi:

(i)

CMM 3.02: Standards for the collection, reporting, verification, and exchange of data:

(j)

CMM 3.03: Establishment of a compliance and monitoring scheme in the SPRFMO Convention Area:

(k)

CMM 3.04: Boarding and inspection procedures in the SPRFMO Convention Area:

(l)

CMM 3.05: Regulation of transhipment and other transfer activities.

Dated at Wellington this 14th day of April 2015.

Brook Barrington,
Secretary of Foreign Affairs and Trade.

Explanatory note

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

This notice, which comes into force on the day after the date of its notification in the Gazette, amends the Fisheries (High Seas Fishing Notifications—South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organisation) Notice 2013. This notice—

  • updates the list of international conservation and management measures that have been adopted by the South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organisation; and

  • amends the Internet site address from which copies of the international conservation and management measures can be obtained.

Issued under the authority of the Legislation Act 2012.

Date of notification in Gazette: 16 April 2015.

This notice is administered by the Ministry for Primary Industries.