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 2006.
2. Commencement—This notice comes into force on 30 September 2006.
3. Application—This notice applies on and from 1 October 2006.
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 either:
(i) Part I or II of the First Schedule to the Fisheries Act 1996; or
(ii) in the case of knobbed whelk stocks for quota management areas 7A and 7B, Schedule 2 of the Fisheries (Declaration of New Stocks Subject to Quota Management System) Notice (No. 2) 2005; and
(c) 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—The total allowable 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 Catch(greenweight tonnes)
Cardinal fish 4 CDL4 66
5 CDL5 22
Deepwater clam 1 PZL1 1.5
2 PZL2 1.5
3 PZL3 1.5
4 PZL4 1.5
5, 6 PZL5 1.5
7 PZL7 30
8 PZL8 1.5
9 PZL9 1.5
Frostfish 2 FRO2 112
3 FRO3 176
4 FRO4 28
Ghost shark 1 GSH1 22
2 GSH2 66
8 GSH8 22
9 GSH9 22
Knobbed whelk 1 KWH1 3
2 KWH2 3
3 KWH3 5
4 KWH4 8
5 KWH5 3
6 KWH6 4
7A KWH7A 53
7B KWH7B 3
8 KWH8 3
9 KWH9 3
Orange roughy 3B,4,5A & 6 ORH3B 12075
Ribaldo 6 RIB6 231
7 RIB7 330
Rig 7 SPO7 270
Rubyfish 4 RBY4 6
7 RBY7 33
8 RBY8 55
Sea perch, Jock Stewart 1 SPE1 35
White warehou 3 WWA3 585
4 WWA4 332
7 WWA7 129
Dated at Wellington this 25th day of September 2006.
JIM ANDERTON, 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 2006, sets the total allowable catch for each quota management stock listed on and from 1 October 2006.