Fisheries (Hector’s and Māui Dolphin) Amendment Regulations 2022
2022/314
Fisheries (Hector’s and Māui Dolphin) Amendment Regulations 2022
Cindy Kiro, Governor-General
Order in Council
At Wellington this 28th day of November 2022
Present:
Her Excellency the Governor-General in Council
These regulations are made under sections 15, 297, and 298 of the Fisheries Act 1996—
(a)
on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council; and
(b)
on the recommendation of the Minister for Oceans and Fisheries, made after complying with sections 12(1) and 15(2) of that Act.
Contents
Regulations
1 Title
These regulations are the Fisheries (Hector’s and Māui Dolphin) Amendment Regulations 2022.
2 Commencement
These regulations come into force on 30 December 2022.
Part 1 Amendments to Fisheries (Amateur Fishing) Regulations 2013
3 Principal regulations
This Part amends the Fisheries (Amateur Fishing) Regulations 2013.
4 Part 7C revoked
Revoke Part 7C.
5 Schedule 17 amended
In Schedule 17, clause 2(1), replace paragraphs (49) to (52) with:
(49)
proceeding in a northerly direction at a distance of 12 nautical miles from the mean high-water mark to a point (at 43°33.340′S and 173°18.178′E); then
Part 2 Amendment to Fisheries (Commercial Fishing) Regulations 2001
6 Principal regulations
This Part amends the Fisheries (Commercial Fishing) Regulations 2001.
7 Part 3A revoked
Revoke Part 3A.
Part 3 Amendment to Fisheries (South-East Area Commercial Fishing) Regulations 1986
8 Principal regulations
This Part amends the Fisheries (South-East Area Commercial Fishing) Regulations 1986.
9 Regulation 5AAC amended (Set net fishing prohibited in certain area from Clarence Point to Slope Point)
In regulation 5AAC(1), replace paragraphs (47) to (50) with:
(47)
then proceeds in a northerly direction at a distance of 12 nautical miles from the mean high-water mark to a point (at 43°33.340′S and 173°18.178′E); and
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 30 December 2022, address fishing-related adverse impacts on Hector’s and Māui dolphins by extending the area from Clarence Point to Slope Point (off the east coast of the South Island) in which set net fishing is prohibited. The regulations also revoke the fishing-related mortality limit for the North Island Māui dolphin habitat zone in the Fisheries (Amateur Fishing) Regulations 2013 and the Fisheries (Commercial Fishing) Regulations 2001 (the mortality limit). The mortality limit is now set out in the Fisheries (Fishing-related Mortality Limits of Marine Mammals and Other Wildlife) Regulations 2022 so that all fishing-related mortality limits can be found in a single instrument. Those regulations also come into force on 30 December 2022.
Regulatory impact statement
The Ministry for Primary Industries produced a regulatory impact statement in August 2022 to help inform the decisions taken by the Government relating to the contents of this instrument.
A copy of this regulatory impact statement can be found at—
Date of notification in Gazette: 1 December 2022.
These regulations are administered by the Ministry for Primary Industries.