Pursuant to section 14 of the Fisheries Act 1996, the Minister for Primary Industries, after having regard to the matters specified in that section, gives the following notice.
N o t i c e
1. Title-This notice may be cited as the Fisheries (Southern Bluefin Tuna Total Allowable Catch) Notice 2012.
2. Commencement-This notice shall come into effect the day after the date of its notification in the New Zealand Gazette.
3. Southern Bluefin Tuna Fishery defined-The Southern Bluefin Tuna Fishery quota management area is the area defined in Fisheries (Declaration of New Stocks Subject to Quota Management System) Notice (No. 3) 2003*.
4. Total allowable catch for the Southern Bluefin Tuna Fishery increased for 2011-2012 fishing year-The total allowable catch for the Southern Bluefin Tuna Fishery for the 2011-2012 fishing year is increased to 800 greenweight tonnes in accordance with section 14(6) of the Fisheries Act 1996.
5. Total allowable catch for the Southern Bluefin Tuna Fishery reverts-From 1 October 2012, the total allowable catch for the Southern Bluefin Tuna Fishery reverts to
the total allowable catch that applied at the beginning of the 2011-2012 fishing year, in accordance with section 14(7) of the Fisheries Act 1996.
Dated at Wellington this 31st day of January 2012.
HON DAVID CARTER, Minister for Primary Industries.
*New Zealand Gazette, 30 October 2003, No. 148, page 4147 (rs7096)