Fisheries (Bycatch Trade-Off) Notice (No. 4) 1994 (No. 5358) Pursuant to section 28zg of the Fisheries Act 1983, and a delegation made pursuant to section 41 of the State Sector Act 1988, the Acting Deputy Group Director, MAF Fisheries hereby gives the following notice. N o t i c e 1. Title and commencement (1) This notice may be cited as the Fisheries (Bycatch Trade-off) Notice (No. 4) 1994. (2) This notice shall come into effect on the 22nd day of July 1994, and shall expire on the 15th day of October 1994. 2. Interpretation In this notice: (a) Any reference to Quota Management Area means the appropriate Quota Management Area as defined in the Fisheries (Quota Management Areas, Total Allowable Catches and Catch History) Notice 1986*; (b) Target species and bycatch species are specified by way of fishstock codes, being Fishstock Codes defined in the Second Schedule of the Fisheries (Reporting) Regulations 1990; and (c) Methods are specified by way of method codes, being Method Codes defined in the Second Schedule of the Fisheries (Reporting) Regulations 1990. 3. Offering a lease of quota in lieu of paying deemed value (1) As from the date this notice comes into effect, any commercial fisherman who could be required under section 28zd of the Fisheries Act 1983 to pay the deemed value of any fish that is specified as a bycatch species in this notice, may offer the Director-General a lease or sublease of the right to take fish, being fish that are specified in this notice as a target species in relation to that bycatch species, as specified in the tables below. (2) The ratios, as specified, are the amounts of target species which may, in lieu of such payments, be accepted by way of lease or sub-lease in relation to the amount of the bycatch species for which the offer of quota is made, e.g. if a fisher could be required to pay deemed value for 1 tonne of BNS 1 and wishes to offer a lease of HPB 1 then the amount that can be offered is 1 tonne X .71 = .71 tonnes of HPB 1. (3) The bycatch species must have been taken while fishing for the target species using the method or any of the methods specified: e.g. in the case of the above example, the BNS 1 bycatch must have been taken using the methods of Handlining, Drop/Dahn Lines, Trot Lines or Bottom Longlining. (4) Any offers that relate to bycatch species as specified in this notice must relate to fishing that has occurred in the months of July, August or September 1994 respectively. 4. Revocation---(1) The Fisheries (Bycatch Trade-Off) Notice (No. 2) 1994, Notice 5341 appearing in the New Zealand Gazette on the 5th day of May 1994, No. 42 at page 1560 is hereby revoked. (2) The Fisheries (Bycatch Trade-Off) Notice (No. 3) 1994, Notice 5345 appearing in the New Zealand Gazette on the 19th day of May 1994, No. 48 at page 1699 is hereby revoked. Quota Management Area 1 Target species BAR 1 HPB 1 LIN 1 Bycatch species Method(s) BT BLL, HL, TL, DL BLL BNS 1 - 0.71 1.67 GUR 1 3.58 - - JDO 1 11.84 - - LIN 1 5.89 0.43 - SCH 1 - 0.34 - SKI 1 - 0.57 - TAR 1 10.68 0.78 - Quota Management Area 1 (Continued) Target species SKI 1 SNA 1 SNA 1 SNA 1 SPO 1 TAR 1 TRE 1 Bycatch species Method(s) BPT, BT BLL, DL, HL, TL BPT, BT, DS SN SN BT SN BAR 1 0.13 - - - - - BNS 1 1.25 - - - - - - GUR 1 - - 0.03 - 0.30 0.33 - JDO 1 - - 0.11 - - 1.11 - LIN 1 0.75 - - - - - - MOK 1 - - - - - 0.33 0.65 SCH 1 - - - 0.05 0.40 0.44 0.86 SPO 1 - - 0.11 0.11 - - - TAR 1 1.35 0.10 0.10 0.10 - - 1.93 VAL TRE 1 - - 0.05 0.05 - - - Quota Management Area 2 Target species BAR 1 BYX 2 FLA 2 GUR 2 LIN 2 SKI 2 WAR 2 Bycatch species Method(s) BT BT, MWT BT, SN BT BLL, SN BT, BLL, MWT BT, SN BNS 2 - 1.67 - - 1.67 1.25 - GUR 2 - - 0.42 - - - 0.57 HPB 2 - - - - 1.78 1.33 1.66 MOK 1 3.58 - - 1.00 - - 0.57 RCO 2 1.42 - 0.17 0.40 - - 0.23 SCH 2 - - 0.56 - - - 0.75 SPO 2 - - 0.84 - 1.21 - 1.13 SNA 2 - - - 3.97 - - - TAR 2 8.53 - - 2.38 - 1.08 - Quota Management Area 3 Target species FLA 3 HPB 3 RCO 3 TAR 3 Bycatch species Method(s) BT SN BT BT BAR 1 3.00 - - - ELE 3 3.00 - 4.15 1.30 GUR 3 3.00 - - 0.79 HPB 3 - - 7.37 - LIN 3 3.00 0.59 4.15 - STA 3 3.00 0.59 1.07 1.08 WAR 3 - - 2.22 1.40 Quota Management Area 4 Target species HPB 4 Bycatch species Method(s) BLL, DL, HL BCO 4 0.69 BNS 3 0.94 Quota Management Area 5 Target species FLA 3 HPB 5 SCH 5 SPO 3 STA 5 Bycatch species Method(s) BT BLL, DL, HL SN SN BT BCO 5 - 0.69 - - - BNS 3 - 0.94 - - - ELE 5 - 0.56 - - - FLA 3 - 0.81 - 0.72 - GUR 3 3.00 0.34 - 0.28 - LIN 5 3.00 0.56 1.24 0.50 1.20 SCH 5 - 0.45 - - - SPO 3 - 1.13 - - - STA 5 - 0.47 1.03 0.41 - Quota Management Area 7 Target species BAR 7 FLA 7 GUR 7 HAK 7 HPB 7 SPO 7 TAR 7 WAR 7 Bycatch species Method(s) BT BT BT BLL BLL SN BT SN BNS 7 - - - 2.08 - - - - HPB 7 - - - - - - 2.31 - LIN 7 - - - 1.24 0.56 - 1.30 - MOK 1 - - - - - 0.30 0.79 1.13 RCO 7 1.42 0.17 0.40 - - 0.12 0.31 0.45 SPO 7 - - - - - - - 3.75 STA 7 - - - - - - 1.08 - TRE 7 3.95 - 1.10 - - - 0.87 - Quota Management Area 8 Target species BAR 7 BCO 8 FLA 2 GUR 8 SPO 8 WAR 8 Bycatch species Method(s) BT BLL BT BT SN BT,SN HPB 8 - 1.45 - - - - MOK 1 - - - - 0.50 0.57 RCO 2 - - 0.17 0.40 - - SCH 8 - - - 1.32 0.67 - SPO 8 - - - - - 1.13 SNA 8 - - - - - 1.68 TRE 7 3.95 - - - 0.56 0.63 Quota Management Area 9 Target species SNA 8 SNA 8 TRE 7 TRE 7 Bycatch species Method(s) BLL, DL, HL, TL BPT, BT BPT, BT SN BAR 7 - 0.09 0.25 - GUR 1 0.34 0.34 0.91 0.91 JDO 1 1.11 1.11 3.00 - SCH 1 - 0.45 1.20 - SPO 1 - 0.67 - 3.00 TAR 1 1.01 1.01 2.71 - TRE 7 - 0.37 - - Dated this 15th day of July 1994. B. D. SHALLARD, Acting Deputy Group Director, MAF Fisheries. * S.R. 1986/267 S.R. 1990/214