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 (No. 2) 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.
3. Total Allowable Commercial Catch-The Total Allowable Commercial Catch for kingfish is the 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 Catch
(greenweight tonnes)
Kingfish KIN1 1 KIN1 91
KIN2 2 KIN2 63
KIN3
KIN5
KIN6 3, 5 and 6
(combined) KIN3 1
KIN4 4 KIN4 1
KIN7 7 KIN7 7
KIN8
KIN9 8 and 9
(combined) KIN8
36
KIN10 10 KIN10 1
Dated at Wellington this 14th 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 kingfish on and from the first day of the next fishing year for kingfish.