Fisheries (Quota Aggregation Limit Exemption) Notice (No. 1) 1997 (No. F51) 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 (No. 1) 1997. (b) This notice shall come into effect on the day after its notification in the New Zealand Gazette. 2. Interpretation In this notice ``Sanford Group'' means Sanford Limited and those companies owned or controlled by Sanford Limited at the time of this notice and Wanganui Seafoods Limited and any of its subsidiary companies. 3. Exemption to quota aggregation limit As from the date that this notice comes into effect, the Sanford Group is permitted to hold quota and interest in quota in excess of the aggregation limits as provided in section 28w (1) of the Fisheries Act 1983, for the following species, up to the following limits: (i) An aggregation limit of 45 percent of the combined Total Allowable Commercial Catch for each of the following species: Alfonsino Ling Barracouta Orange Roughy Blue Warehou Oreo Dories Gemfish Packhorse Rock Lobster Hake Red Cod Hoki Silver Warehou Jack Mackerel Squid (ii) An aggregation limit of 20 percent of the Total Allowable Commercial Catch for paua in any one quota management area. (iii) An aggregation limit of 20 percent of the combined Total Allowable Commercial Catch for bluenose. (iv) An aggregation limit of 40 percent of the combined Total Allowable Commercial Catch for trevally. (v) In any other case, 35 percent of the combined Total Allowable Commercial Catch for every stock of that species. 4. Revocation The following notices are hereby revoked The Fisheries (Quota Aggregation Limit Exemption) Notice 1994; The Fisheries (Quota Aggregation Limit Exemption) Notice (No. 5) 1994; The Fisheries (Quota Aggregation Limit Exemption) Notice 1994, Amendment No. 1 The Fisheries (Quota Aggregation Limit Exemption) Notice 1994, Amendment No. 2 Dated at Wellington this 10th day of March 1997. Hon. JOHN LUXTON, Minister of Fisheries.