Pursuant to section 13 of the Fisheries Act 1996, the Minister of Fisheries, after having regard to the matters specified in that section, makes the following notice.
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1. Title and commencement-(1) This notice may be cited as the Fisheries (Coromandel Scallop Total Allowable Catch) Notice 2003.
(2) This notice shall come into effect the day after the date of its notification in the New Zealand Gazette.
2. Coromandel Scallop Fishery defined-The Coromandel Scallop Fishery quota management area is the area as defined in the Fisheries (Declaration of New Stock Subject to Quota Management System) Notice 2001.
3. Total allowable catch for the Coromandel Scallop Fishery increased for 2003-04 fishing year in accordance with section 13 (7) of the Fisheries Act 1996-The total allowable catch for the Coromandel Scallop Fishery for
the 2003-04 fishing year is increased to 93.000 tonnes meatweight.
4. Total allowable catch for the Coromandel Scallop Fishery reverts to the total allowable catch that applied at the beginning of the 2003-2004 fishing year in accordance with section 13 (8) of the Fisheries Act 1996
-From 1 April 2004, the total allowable catch for the Coromandel Scallop Fishery reverts back to 48.000 tonnes meatweight.
Dated at Wellington this 5th day of September 2003.
PETE HODGSON, Minister of Fisheries.