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.
N o t i c e
1. Title—This notice may be cited as the Fisheries (Northland Scallop Total Allowable Catch) Notice 2005 (No. F349).
2. Commencement—This notice shall come into effect the day after the date of its notification in the New Zealand Gazette.
3. Northland Scallop Fishery defined—The Northland Scallop Fishery quota management area is the area as defined as SCA1 in the First Schedule of the Fisheries
Act 1996.
4. Total allowable catch for the Northland Scallop Fishery increased for 2005-2006 fishing year—The
total allowable catch for the Northland Scallop Fishery
for the 2005-2006 fishing year is increased to 112 tonnes meatweight in accordance with section 13 (7) of the Fisheries Act 1996.
5. Total allowable catch for the Northland Scallop Fishery reverts—From 1 April 2006, the total allowable catch for the Northland Scallop Fishery reverts back to
75 tonnes meatweight in accordance with section 13 (8) of the Fisheries Act 1996.
Dated at Wellington this 31st day of October 2005.
JIM ANDERTON, Minister of Fisheries.