Pursuant to section 20 of the Fisheries Act 1996, the Minister of Fisheries, in accordance with section 21 of that Act, gives the following notice.
N o t i c e
1. Title—This notice is the Fisheries (Total Allowable Commercial Catch) Notice 2007.
2. Commencement—This notice comes into force on 30 September 2007.
3. Application—This notice applies on and from 1 October 2007.
4. Interpretation—In this notice, unless the context otherwise requires, references to “species”, “quota management area”, and “quota management system fishstock code” have the same meanings as:
(a) in the case of short-finned freshwater eel and long-finned freshwater eel stocks for quota management areas 20, 21, 22 and 23, the Fisheries (Declaration of New Stocks Subject to Quota Management System) Notice (No 2) 2003; or
(b) in the case of the dredge oyster stock for quota management area 7C, the Fisheries (Declaration of New Stocks Subject to Quota Management System) Notice 2005; or
(c) in the case of prawn killer stocks, the Fisheries (Declaration of New Stocks Subject to Quota Management System) Notice 2006.
5. Total Allowable Commercial Catch—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)
Long-finned freshwater eel 20 LFE 20 19
21 LFE 21 32
22 LFE 22 21
23 LFE 23 9
Dredge oyster 7C OYS 7C 43
Prawn killer 1 PRK1 24.5
2 PRK2 3.5
3 PRK3 1
4A PRK4A 1
5 PRK5 1
6A PRK6A 1
6B PRK6B 1
7 PRK7 1
8 PRK8 1
9 PRK9 1
10 PRK10 0
Short-finned freshwater eel 20 SFE 20 86
21 SFE 21 134
22 SFE 22 94
23 SFE 23 23
Dated at Wellington this 23rd day of September 2007.
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 2007, sets the total allowable commercial catch (TACC) for each quota management stock listed, on and from 1 October 2007 as follows:
? The TACC for dredge oyster in area 7C is increased from 2 tonnes to 43 tonnes.
? The TACC for long-finned freshwater eel in area 20 is decreased from 47 tonnes to 19 tonnes.
? The TACC for long-finned freshwater eel in area 21 is decreased from 64 tonnes to 32 tonnes.
? The TACC for long-finned freshwater eel in area 22 is decreased from 41 tonnes to 21 tonnes.
? The TACC for long-finned freshwater eel in area 23 is decreased from 41 tonnes to 9 tonnes.
? The TACC for short-finned freshwater eel in area 20 is decreased from 149 tonnes to 86 tonnes.
? The TACC for short-finned freshwater eel in area 21 is decreased from 163 tonnes to 134 tonnes.
? The TACC for short-finned freshwater eel in area 22 is decreased from 108 tonnes to 94 tonnes.
? The TACC for short-finned freshwater eel in area 23 is decreased from 37 tonnes to 23 tonnes.
? The TACCs are set as listed in the Schedule for all prawn killer stocks, which enter the quota management system on
1 October 2007.