Fisheries (Central Area Commercial Fishing) Amendment Regulations 2025
Fisheries (Central Area Commercial Fishing) Amendment Regulations 2025
Fisheries (Central Area Commercial Fishing) Amendment Regulations 2025
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Fisheries (Central Area Commercial Fishing) Amendment Regulations 2025
Cindy Kiro, Governor-General
Order in Council
At Wellington this 10th day of March 2025
Present:
Her Excellency the Governor-General in Council
These regulations are made under section 297 of the Fisheries Act 1996 on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council.
Regulations
1 Title
These regulations are the Fisheries (Central Area Commercial Fishing) Amendment Regulations 2025.
2 Commencement
These regulations come into force on 10 April 2025.
3 Principal regulations
These regulations amend the Fisheries (Central Area Commercial Fishing) Regulations 1986.
4 New regulation 15A inserted (Use of spears prohibited in defined areas)
After regulation 15, insert:
15A Use of spears prohibited in defined areas
Commercial fishers must not use spears to take fish, and must not possess fish that have been speared, within the following waters:
(a)
Ōhau Point to Waikanae Beach—the waters within the area enclosed by a line that—
(i)
commences at Ōhau Point (at 41°14.251′S and 174°38.698′E):
(ii)
then proceeds in a northerly direction to a point at 41°13.249′S and 174°38.672′E:
(iii)
then proceeds generally north-east along a line 1 nautical mile from the mean high-water mark, including Mana Island, to a point at 40°51.352′S and 174°59.746′E:
(iv)
then proceeds in a straight line in a southerly direction to a point south of the Waikanae River mouth (at 40°52.529′S and 174°59.783′E):
(v)
then proceeds along the mean high-water mark to the point of commencement at Ōhau Point (at 41°14.251′S and 174°38.698′E):
(b)
Tongue Point to Pencarrow Head—the waters within the area enclosed by a line that—
(i)
commences at Pencarrow Head (at 41°21.568′S and 174°50.872′E):
(ii)
then proceeds in a generally westerly direction along a line 1 nautical mile from the mean high-water mark to a point at 41°21.528′S and 174°39.567′E:
(iii)
then proceeds in a northerly direction to Tongue Point (at 41°20.524′S and 174°39.544′E):
(iv)
then proceeds along the mean high-water mark to the point of commencement at Pencarrow Head (at 41°21.568′S and 174°50.872′E):
(c)
Kapiti Island—the waters lying within 1 nautical mile of the mean high-water mark of Kapiti Island, which include—
(i)
Tokomāpuna Island / Aeroplane Island:
(ii)
Motungārara Island / Fishermans Island:
(iii)
Tahoramaurea Island / Browns Island.
5 Regulation 16 amended (Offences)
In regulation 16(1), replace “or 14E”
with “14E, or 15A”
.
Rachel Hayward,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
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 10 April 2025, amend the Fisheries (Central Area Commercial Fishing) Regulations 1986 (the principal regulations).
New regulation 15A prohibits the use of spears by commercial fishers within defined areas.
Regulation 16 of the principal regulations sets out offences for contravening or failing to comply with specified regulations. Regulation 5 amends regulation 16(1) to include an offence for contravening or failing to comply with new regulation 15A.
Issued under the authority of the Legislation Act 2019.
Date of notification in Gazette: 13 March 2025.
These regulations are administered by the Ministry for Primary Industries.
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