Explanatory note
This note is not part of the regulations, but is intended to indicate their general effect.
These regulations, which come into force on 1 August 2019, amend the Fisheries (Electronic Monitoring on Vessels) Regulations 2017 (the principal regulations) and defer the dates by which vessels must comply with the principal regulations. Those regulations provide for the electronic monitoring of vessels used to fish under permits issued under section 91 or 113H of the Fisheries Act 1996. When a vessel is on a fishing trip under one of those permits,—
the fishing and fish taken must be filmed; and
the transportation of fish on the vessel (whether taken under the permit or not) must be filmed; and
associated information must be recorded.
The principal regulations came into force on 1 October 2018, but provided for their application to be phased in over different periods for different classes of vessels and fishing methods. For example,—
vessels of any length used for surface longlining had to comply with the principal regulations on and from 1 August 2019:
vessels ≥28 m used for trawling had to comply with the principal regulations on and from 1 August 2019:
vessels of any length used for dredging had to comply with the principal regulations on and from 1 October 2019.
The effect of these regulations is that there will now be 2 compliance dates, as follows:
on and from 1 November 2019, vessels used for trawling in the marine area West Coast North Island that are ≤29 m and vessels used for set netting in that area that are ≥8 m must comply with the principal regulations, if used in that area in such fishing in the period 1 October 2017 to 30 September 2018:
on and from 1 July 2020, all vessels used for fishing in any area using any fishing method must comply with the principal regulations.
Issued under the authority of the Legislation Act 2012.
Date of notification in Gazette: 4 July 2019.
These regulations are administered by the Ministry for Primary Industries.