Pursuant to section 20 of the Fisheries Act 1996, the Minister of Fisheries makes the following notice.
N o t i c e
1. Title and commencement-(1) This notice is the Fisheries (Total Allowable Commercial Catch) Notice 2003.
(2) This notice comes into force on 30 September 2003.
2. Interpretation-In this notice, the fishstock codes, quota management areas and quota management system codes have the same definition as in the Fisheries (Declaration of New Stocks Subject to Quota Management System) Notice (No. 2) 2002 and the Fisheries (Declaration of New Stocks Subject to Quota Management System) Amendment Notice 2003.
3. Total Allowable Commercial Catch-The Total Allowable Commercial Catch for each quota management stock is that amount stated in the final column of the Schedule to this notice.
Schedule
Species Fishstock
Code Quota Management
Area Quota Management
System Code Total Allowable Commercial Catch (greenweight tonnes)
Leatherjacket LEA1
LEA9 1 and 9
(combined) LEA1 188
LEA2
LEA7
LEA8 2, 7 and 8
(combined) LEA2 1136
LEA3
LEA5
LEA6 3, 5 and 6
(combined) LEA3 100
LEA4 4 LEA4 7
LEA10 10 LEA10 0
Rough skate RSK1
RSK2 1 and 2
(combined) RSK1 111
RSK3
RSK4
RSK5
RSK6 3, 4, 5 and 6
(combined) RSK3 1653
RSK7 7 RSK7 201
RSK8
RSK9 8 and 9
(combined) RSK8 21
RSK10 10 RSK10 0
Sea urchin, kina, sea egg SUR1 1A SUR1A 40
SUR1 1B SUR1B 140
SUR2 2A SUR2A 80
SUR2 2B SUR2B 30
SUR8 8 SUR8 1
SUR9 9 SUR9 10
SUR10 10 SUR10 0
Short-finned fresh water eels SFE17 4 SFE17 10
Long-finned fresh water eels LFE17 4 LFE17 1
Smooth skate SSK1
SSK2 1 and 2
(combined) SSK1 37
SSK3
SSK4
SSK5
SSK6 3, 4, 5 and 6
(combined) SSK3 579
SSK7 7 SSK7 213
SSK8
SSK9 8 and 9
(combined) SSK8 20
SSK10 10 SS10 0
Dated at Wellington this 4th day of August 2003.
PETE HODGSON, Minister of Fisheries.
Explanatory Note
This note is not part of the notice, but is intended to indicate its general effect.
This notice, which comes into force on 30 September 2003, sets the total allowable commercial catch for each quota management stock listed, on and from the first day of the next fishing year for the stock concerned.