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 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:
(a) the species and quota management system fishstock codes referred to in the Schedule to this notice 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 or quota management areas having the same reference number in either:
(i) the First Schedule to the Fisheries Act 1996; or
(ii) in the case of the dredge oyster stock for quota management area 7C, Schedule 3 of the Fisheries (Declaration of New Stocks Subject to Quota Management System) Notice 2005; or
(iii) in the case of prawn killer stocks for quota management areas 3, 4A, 6A and 6B, Schedule 2 of the Fisheries (Declaration of New Stocks Subject to Quota Management System) Notice 2006; 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)
Dredge oyster 7C OYS 7C 50
Flatfish 3, 4, 5 and 6 FLA 3 1,617
Hoki 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 HOK 1 91,040
Orange roughy 1, 8 and 9 ORH 1 914
3B, 4, 5A and 6 ORH 3B 11,025
7B ORH 7B 1
Oreo 1, 2A, 2B, 5A, 7A, 7B, 8 and 9 OEO 1 2,500
Prawn killer 1 PRK1 25.7
2 PRK2 3.7
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
Red cod 3, 4, 5 and 6 RCO 3 4,930
Rubyfish 8 RBY 8 6
School shark 1 and 9 SCH 1 893
Tarakihi 1 and 9 TAR 1 2,029.195
White warehou WWA 5B WWA 5B 2,621
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 catch (TAC) for each quota management stock listed on and from 1 October 2007 as follows:
? The TAC is set for flatfish in area 3 at 1,617 tonnes, for red cod in area 3 at 4,930 tonnes and for school shark in area 1 at 893 tonnes.
? The TAC for white warehou in the newly amalgamated area WWA 5B (previously areas 5 and 6) is set at 2,621 tonnes.
? The TACs are set as listed in the Schedule for all prawn killer stocks, which enter the quota management system on
1 October 2007.
? The TAC for dredge oyster in area 7C is increased from 5 tonnes to 50 tonnes.
? The TAC for hoki in area 1 is decreased from 101,040 tonnes to 91,040 tonnes.
? The TAC for orange roughy in area 1 is decreased from 1,470 tonnes to 914 tonnes.
? The TAC for orange roughy in area 3B is decreased from 12,075 tonnes to 11,025 tonnes.
? The TAC for orange roughy in area 7B is decreased from 110 tonnes to 1 tonne.
? The TAC for oreo in area 1 is decreased from 5,033 tonnes to 2,500 tonnes.
? The TAC for tarakihi in area 1 is increased from 1,959.195 tonnes to 2,029.195 tonnes.
? The TAC for rubyfish in area 8 is decreased from 55 tonnes to 6 tonnes to correct a technical error.