Fisheries (High Seas Fishing Notifications—Commission for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna) Amendment Notice 2017

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Fisheries (High Seas Fishing Notifications—Commission for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna) Amendment Notice 2017

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—Commission for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna) Amendment Notice 2017.

2 Commencement

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

4 Schedule replaced

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

Schedule Schedule replaced

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Schedule Conservation and management measures

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The conservation and management measures adopted by the Commission for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna are—

(a)

Resolution on a CCSBT Record of Vessels Authorised to Fish for Southern Bluefin Tuna (adopted at CCSBT 22 in 2015):

(b)

Resolution on the Establishment of a Record of Authorised Farms (adopted at CCSBT 15 in 2008, as amended at CCSBT 22 in 2015):

(c)

Resolution on the CCSBT Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) (adopted at CCSBT 24 in 2017):

(d)

Resolution on the Implementation of a CCSBT Catch Documentation Scheme (adopted at CCSBT 15 in 2008, as amended at CCSBT 17 in 2010, CCSBT 19 in 2012, CCSBT 20 in 2013, and CCSBT 21 in 2014):

(e)

Resolution on Establishing a Program for Transshipment by Large-Scale Fishing Vessels (adopted at CCSBT 15 in 2008, as amended at CCSBT 21 in 2014 and CCSBT 24 in 2017):

(f)

Recommendation to Mitigate the Impact on Ecologically Related Species of Fishing for Southern Bluefin Tuna (adopted at CCSBT 15 in 2008, as amended at CCSBT 18 in 2011):

(g)

Recommendations for Ecologically Related Species (adopted at CCSBT 5 in 1999) adopting Guidelines for Design and Deployment of Tori Lines (adopted at CCSBT 5 in 1999):

(h)

Recommendations to the Commission relating to Ecologically Related Species (adopted at CCSBT 4 in 1998):

(i)

Resolution on Action Plans to Ensure Compliance with Conservation and Management Measures (adopted at CCSBT 16 in 2009):

(j)

Rules and Procedures for the Protection, Access to, and Dissemination of Data Compiled by the CCSBT (adopted at CCSBT 17 in 2010, as amended at CCSBT 18 in 2011 and CCSBT 24 in 2017):

(k)

Resolution on the Adoption of a Management Procedure (adopted at CCSBT 18 in 2011):

(l)

Resolution on Limited Carry-forward of Unfished Annual Total Allowable Catch of Southern Bluefin Tuna (adopted at CCSBT 18 in 2011, as amended at CCSBT 21 in 2014 and CCSBT 24 in 2017):

(m)

Resolution on the Allocation of the Global Total Allowable Catch (adopted at CCSBT 18 in 2011, as amended at CCSBT 24 in 2017):

(n)

Resolution on Reporting all Sources of Mortality of Southern Bluefin Tuna (adopted at CCSBT 19 in 2012):

(o)

Protocol for Ecologically Related Species Working Group Data Exchange (adopted at CCSBT 19 in 2012):

(p)

Resolution on Establishing a List of Vessels Presumed to have Carried Out Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing Activities for Southern Bluefin Tuna (adopted at CCSBT 20 in 2013, as amended at CCSBT 21 in 2014, CCSBT 23 in 2016, and CCSBT 24 in 2017):

(q)

Resolution for a CCSBT Scheme for Minimum Standards for Inspection in Port (adopted at CCSBT 22 in 2015):

(r)

Resolution on Large-scale Driftnet Fishing (adopted at CCSBT 23 in 2016).

Dated at Wellington this 20th day of November 2017.

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—Commission for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna) Notice 2009. The amendments update the list of international conservation and management measures that have been adopted by the Commission for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna, including measures adopted in 2017.

Issued under the authority of the Legislation Act 2012.

Date of notification in Gazette: 23 November 2017.

This notice is administered by the Ministry for Primary Industries.