The Fisheries (Southern Blue Whiting Commercial Catch Limit) Notice 1997 (No. F66) Pursuant to section 11 (4) (a) of the Fisheries Act 1996, the Minister of Fisheries, hereby makes the following notice: N o t i c e 1. Title and commencement (a) This notice may be cited as the Fisheries (Southern Blue Whiting Commercial Catch Limit) Notice 1997. (b) This notice shall come into effect on the day after its notification in the New Zealand Gazette. 2. Interpretation In this notice: (a) any reference to the Quota Management Area 6 means the Quota Management Area 6 as defined in the Fisheries (Quota Management Areas, Total Allowable Catches, and Catch Histories) Notice 1986. (b) Bounty Platform means all that area within Quota Management Area 6 east of 176 E; (c) Pukaki Rise means all that area within Quota Management Area 6 west of 176 E, excluding an area whose northern boundary runs along a line at 50 30.0 S, and where that area's western boundary lies at 168 30.0 E; (d) Campbell Island Rise means all that area within Quota Management Area 6 south of a line at 50 30.0 S, such a line extending: (i) in the west to 168 30 E, and hence by a line due south at that point; and (ii) in the east to 176, and hence by a line due south at that point. (e) SBW means southern blue whiting as defined in Part 11 of the Second Schedule to the Fisheries (Reporting) Regulations 1990. 3. Commercial catch limit As from the date this notice comes into effect, the following commercial catch limits for SBW apply: Area Tonnes Campbell Island Rise 30 100 Bounty Platform 20 200 Pukaki Rise 7 700 Dated at Wellington this 2nd day of September 1997. Hon. JOHN LUXTON, Minister of Fisheries.