Fisheries (South-East Area Commercial Fishing) Amendment Regulations 2019
2019/266
Fisheries (South-East Area Commercial Fishing) Amendment Regulations 2019
Patsy Reddy, Governor-General
Order in Council
At Wellington this 11th day of November 2019
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.
Contents
Regulations
1 Title
These regulations are the Fisheries (South-East Area Commercial Fishing) Amendment Regulations 2019.
2 Commencement
These regulations come into force on 12 December 2019.
3 Principal regulations
These regulations amend the Fisheries (South-East Area Commercial Fishing) Regulations 1986 (the principal regulations).
4 Regulation 3F replaced (Unattended set nets in East Otago taiapure)
Replace regulation 3F with:
3F Prohibition on set nets in East Otago taiapure
A commercial fisher must not use a set net for fishing in the East Otago taiapure.
5 Regulation 10BA replaced (East Otago taiapure: taking of paua prohibited in Huriawa Peninsula area for 2-year period)
Replace regulation 10BA with:
10BA Prohibition on taking or possessing paua from East Otago taiapure
(1)
No commercial fisher may—
(a)
take any paua from the East Otago taiapure; or
(b)
possess any paua in the East Otago taiapure; or
(c)
possess any paua that has been taken from the East Otago taiapure.
(2)
For the purpose of subclause (1), paua includes virgin paua (Haliotis virginea).
6 New regulation 11R inserted (Prohibition on taking kelp from East Otago taiapure)
After regulation 11Q, insert:
11R Prohibition on taking kelp from East Otago taiapure
(1)
No commercial fisher may take any of the following species of kelp from the East Otago taiapure:
(a)
Durvillaea antarctica:
(b)
Durvillaea willana:
(c)
Ecklonia radiata:
(d)
Lessonia variegata:
(e)
Macrocystis pyrifera:
(f)
Marginariella boryana:
(g)
Marginariella urvilliana.
(2)
Subclause (1) does not apply to kelp that is unattached and cast ashore.
7 Regulation 12 amended (Offences)
In regulation 12(2), replace “or 11Q.”
, with “11Q, or 11R.”
Michael Webster,
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 12 December 2019, amend the Fisheries (South-East Area Commercial Fishing) Regulations 1986. The amendments—
prohibit the commercial use of set nets within the East Otago taiapure; and
prohibit commercial paua fishing within the East Otago taiapure; and
prohibit taking certain species of kelp from the East Otago taiapure.
Date of notification in Gazette: 14 November 2019.
These regulations are administered by the Ministry for Primary Industries.