Fisheries (Total Allowable Catch, Total Allowable Commercial Catch, and Deemed Value Rates) Amendment Notice 2017

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Fisheries (Total Allowable Catch, Total Allowable Commercial Catch, and Deemed Value Rates) Amendment Notice 2017

Pursuant to sections 13 and 20 of the Fisheries Act 1996, the Minister for Primary Industries gives the following notice after complying with sections 11, 12, 13, and 21 of that Act.

Notice

1 Title

This notice is the Fisheries (Total Allowable Catch, Total Allowable Commercial Catch, and Deemed Value Rates) Amendment Notice 2017.

2 Commencement

This notice comes into force on 31 March 2017.

3 Application

This notice applies on and from the first day of the fishing year starting on 1 April 2017.

5 Schedule 1 amended

In Schedule 1, replace each item in columns 2 and 3 that relates to a fishstock code specified in column 1 of the Schedule of this notice with the corresponding item in the Schedule.

Schedule Items replaced in Schedule 1

cl 5

Column 1Column 2Column 3
Fishstock codeTACTACC
CRA3366.860237.860
CRA4484.000289.000
CRA7132.520112.520
SBW110098
SBW6B2 4262 377

Dated at Wellington this 16th day of March 2017.

Hon Nathan Guy,
Minister for Primary Industries.

Explanatory note

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

This notice amends the Fisheries (Total Allowable Catch, Total Allowable Commercial Catch, and Deemed Value Rates) Notice 2015 (the principal notice). It comes into force on 31 March 2017, and applies on and from the first day of the fishing year starting on 1 April 2017.

This notice amends Schedule 1 of the principal notice to vary the total allowable catch and the total allowable commercial catch for the following fishstock codes:

Rock lobster—spiny (red)

  • CRA3:

  • CRA4:

  • CRA7:

Southern blue whiting

  • SBW1:

  • SBW6B.

Issued under the authority of the Legislation Act 2012.

Date of notification in Gazette: 23 March 2017.

This notice is administered by the Ministry for Primary Industries.