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.

1	Title
2	Commencement
3	Application
4	Principal notice
5	Schedule 1 amended
	Schedule Items replaced in Schedule 1
	Explanatory note
	Administrative Information

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.

4 Principal notice

This notice amends the Fisheries (Total Allowable Catch, Total Allowable Commercial Catch, and Deemed Value Rates) Notice 2015 (the principal notice).

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 1	Column 2	Column 3
Fishstock code	TAC	TACC
CRA3	351.900	222.900
CRA8	1 220.600	1 129.600
SCC7A	18	15

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.

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