Pursuant to section 13 of the Fisheries Act 1996, the Minister of Fisheries gives the following notice.
N o t i c e
1. Title-This notice is the Fisheries (Total Allowable Catch) Notice (No. 3) 2004.
2. Commencement-This notice comes into force on 30 September 2004.
3. Application-This notice applies on and from 1 October 2004.
4. Interpretation-In this notice, unless the context otherwise requires:
(a) the fishstock codes referred to in the Schedule have the same meaning as in Schedule 3 of the Fisheries (Reporting) Regulations 2001;
(b) the quota management areas referred to by reference number in the Schedule to this notice are the fishery management areas having the same reference number in the Parts I and II of the First Schedule to the Fisheries Act 1996. Where two or more quota management areas are shown as combined in respect of any species of fish the combined areas together comprise one quota management area for that species.
5. Total allowable catch-On and from 1 October 2004 the total allowable catch for each quota management area relating to each quota management stock is that amount stated in the final column of the Schedule to this notice.
Schedule
Species QuotaManagementArea QuotaManagementSystem Fishstock Code Total AllowableCatch(greenweight tonnes)
Bluenose 2 BNS2 1 107
Elephant fish 5 and 6combined ELE5 136
Hake 4 HAK4 1 818
Hoki 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6,7, 8 and 9combined HOK1 101 040
John dory 7 JDO7 120
Ling 5 LIN5 3 633
6 LIN6 8 590
Orange roughy 2A ORH2A 1 158
2B ORH2B 194
3A ORH3A 436
Pale ghost shark 1, 2, 3, 4 and 10combined GSP1 1 208
5 and 6combined GSP5 477
Rig 2 SPO2 122
Sea perch 4 SPE4 956
School shark 3 SCH3 502
5 and 6 combined SCH5 794
7 SCH7 789
8 SCH8 597
Tarakihi 2 TAR2 2 082
3 TAR3 1 503
Dated at Wellington this 20th day of September 2004.
DAVID BENSON-POPE, 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 2004, sets the total allowable catch for each quota management stock listed, on and from the first day of the next fishing year.