Fisheries (Total Allowable Catch, Total Allowable Commercial Catch, and Deemed Value Rates) Amendment Notice 2019

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Fisheries (Total Allowable Catch, Total Allowable Commercial Catch, and Deemed Value Rates) Amendment Notice 2019

Pursuant to sections 13 and 20 of the Fisheries Act 1996, the Minister of Fisheries 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 2019.

2 Commencement

This notice comes into force on 31 March 2019.

3 Application

This notice applies on and from the first day of the fishing year starting on 1 April 2019.

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
CRA3351.900222.900
CRA81 220.6001 129.600
SCC7A1815

Dated at Wellington this 19th day of March 2019.

Hon Stuart Nash,
Minister of Fisheries.

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 amendments commence on 31 March 2019 but apply on and from the first day of the fishing year starting on 1 April 2019.

The amendments vary the total allowable catch (TAC) and the total allowable commercial catch (TACC) for Gisborne rock lobster (CRA3), Southern rock lobster (CRA8), and Challenger (Marlborough Sounds) sea cucumber (SCC7A). The variations are as follows:

Rock lobster—spiny (red)

  • for CRA3, TAC decreases from 366.860 to 351.900 greenweight tonnes and TACC decreases from 237.860 to 222.900 greenweight tonnes:

  • for CRA8, TAC increases from 1 161.700 to 1 220.600 greenweight tonnes and TACC increases from 1 070.700 to 1 129.600 greenweight tonnes:

Sea cucumber

  • for SCC7A, TAC increases from 8 to 18 greenweight tonnes and TACC increases from 5 to 15 greenweight tonnes.

Issued under the authority of the Legislation Act 2012.

Date of notification in Gazette: 26 March 2019.

This notice is administered by the Ministry for Primary Industries.