Pursuant to section 20 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 Commercial Catch) Notice (No. 2) 2005.
2. Commencement—This notice comes into force on 30 September 2005.
3. Application—This notice applies on and from 1 October 2005.
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 Part I 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 Commercial Catch—On and from 1 October 2005, 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 Quota Management Area Quota Management System Fishstock Code Total Allowable Commercial Catch (greenweight tonnes)
Kahawai 1 KAH1 1075
2 KAH2 705
3, 5, 6, 7 KAH3 410
4 KAH4 9
8, 9 KAH8 520
10 KAH10 9
Dated at Dunedin this 29th day of September 2005.
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 2005, sets the total allowable commercial catch for each quota management stock listed, on and from 1 October 2005.