Notice 2000 (No. F.167)
Pursuant to Regulation 20 of the Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Regulations 1999, the Minister of 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 (Declaration of Mätaitai Reserve) Notice 2000.
(2) This notice shall come into effect on the date specified by the chief executive under Regulation 22 in the Fisheries (Notification of Mätaitai Reserve and Tängata Tiaki/Kaitiaki) Notice 2000.
2. Interpretation-In this notice:
(a) The term "mätaitai reserve" has the same meaning as defined in the Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Regulations 1999.
(b) Any reference to "Tängata Tiaki/Kaitiaki" means any person or persons appointed as Tängata Tiaki/Kaitiaki for the mätaitai reserve under the Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Regulations 1999.
(c) Any reference to area/rohe moana means the
area encompassing those waters in Koukourärata (Port-Levy) Harbour that lie south of a straight line drawn from Te Piaka/Adderley Head (at 43?36.36?S and 172?49.66?E) to Akeake/Baleine Point (at 43?36.33?S and 172?51.19?E).
3. Declaration of a mätaitai reserve-The area/rohe moana at Koukourärata (Port Levy), Banks Peninsula, is hereby declared a mätaitai reserve.
4. Commercial fishing prohibited area-Commercial fishing within the above area is hereby prohibited under Regulation 24 of the Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Regulations 1999.
5. Power to authorise taking of fisheries resources for customary food gathering-The Tängata Tiaki/Kaitiaki may authorise any individual to take fisheries resources managed under the Fisheries Acts 1983 and 1996 for customary food gathering purposes from within the whole or any part of the area/rohe moana.
No customary food gathering of fisheries resources may take place in the area/rohe moana without authorisation from the Tängata Tiaki/Kaitiaki.
Dated at Wellington this 12th day of December 2000.
PETE HODGSON, Minister of Fisheries.