(No. F238)
Pursuant to Regulation 6 (2) of the Fisheries (South Tasman Rise Orange Roughy Fishery) Regulations 2000, the chief executive of the Ministry of Fisheries hereby makes the following notice.
N o t i c e
1. Title and commencement-(1) This notice is the Fisheries (South Tasman Rise Orange Roughy Fishery Annual Catch Limit) Notice 2003.
(2) This notice comes into effect on the date of its notification in the New Zealand Gazette.
2. Interpretation-Terms used in this notice have the same meaning as defined in the Fisheries (South Tasman Rise Orange Roughy Fishery) Regulations 2000.
3. Annual catch limit-The annual catch limit for the high seas area of the South Tasman Rise orange roughy fishery for the season starting 1 March 2003 is 350 greenweight tonnes.
Dated at Wellington this 19th day of February 2003.
M. J. WILLING, Manager International & Biosecurity Ministry of Fisheries (acting under delegated authority
from the Chief Executive, Ministry of Fisheries).