The Fisheries (Foveaux Strait Dredge Oyster Fishery) Notice 1998 (No. F81) Pursuant to section 368a of the Fisheries Act 1996, the Minister of Fisheries, hereby makes the following notice: N o t i c e 1. Title and commencement (1) This notice may be cited as the Fisheries (Foveaux Strait Dredge Oyster Fishery) Notice 1998. (2) This notice shall come into effect on the day after its notification in the Gazette. 2. Interpretation In this notice the term ``Foveaux Strait dredge oyster fishery'' means the Foveaux Strait Dredge Oyster Fishery defined in regulation 2 of the Fisheries (Southland and Sub-Antarctic Areas Commercial Fishing) Regulations 1986. 3. Reduction in total allowable catch The total allowable catch for the fishery is hereby reduced to 20.3 million oysters. 4. Oyster season The Foveaux Strait dredge oyster season is hereby specified as the period commencing 1 May 1998 and ending 31 August 1998. 5. Prohibited area The taking of Foveaux Strait dredge oysters is prohibited from those waters which lie inside straight lines drawn from Saddle Point on Stewart Island (at 46 43.4 S and 167 58.7 E) to Garden Point (at 46 46.4 S and 168 00.3 E) and then to Mamaku Point (at 46 51.7 S and 168 08.7 E); then along the mean high water mark to the point of commencement. 6. Purpose New stock assessment information and information on the views of fishery stakeholders is now available which permits the revision of these sustainability measures for the fishery. Dated at Wellington this 8th day of April 1998. Hon. JOHN LUXTON, Minister of Fisheries.