Pursuant to section 28W (3) of the Fisheries Act 1983,
the Minister of Fisheries, after consultation with the
New Zealand Fishing Industry Board and the Treaty of Waitangi Fisheries Commission and after having regard to the provisions of section 28W (5) of the Fisheries Act 1983, hereby gives the following notice:
N o t i c e
1. Title and Commencement
(a) This notice may be cited as the Fisheries (Quota Aggregation Limit Exemption) Notice 2001.
(b) This notice shall come into effect on the day after its notification in the New Zealand Gazette.
2. Exemption to quota aggregation limit-As from the date that this notice comes into effect, for the purposes of section 28W (3) (b), Motupipi Fishing Company Limited may hold quota and interest in quota up to and including a limit of 12.48% of the Total Allowable Commercial Catch for spiny rock lobster in quota management area CRA9.
Dated at Wellington this 24th day of January 2001.
PETE HODGSON, Minister of Fisheries.