Pursuant to section 60 of the Fisheries Act 1996, the Minister of Fisheries, after consultation with representative organisations that have an interest provided in section 60, and after consideration of the matters specified in section 60(3) of the Fisheries Act 1996, gives the following notice.
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1. Title-This notice is the Fisheries (Quota Aggregation Limit Exemption) Notice (No 2) 2007.
2. Commencement-This notice shall come into effect on the day after its notification in the New Zealand Gazette.
3. Exemption to quota aggregation limit for deepwater clam-From the date that this notice comes into effect, consent is given for Westhaven Shellfish Limited to hold quota shares for deepwater clam having a combined quota weight less than or equal to 80 percent of the combined total allowable commercial catches of deepwater clam.
4. Restriction on holding quota shares in other deepwater clam stock-The consent given in clause 3 is subject to the following conditions:
(a) Westhaven Shellfish Limited does not hold quota shares for any deepwater clam stock other than deepwater clam in quota management area
7 (PZL7); and
(b) Westhaven Shellfish Limited does not hold more than 80,000,000 quota shares for deepwater clam in quota management area 7 (PZL7).
5. Revocation-The Fisheries (Quota Aggregation Limit Exemption) Notice 2007 (No. F401) published in the
New Zealand Gazette, 29 March 2007, No. 35, page 900, is revoked.
Dated at Wellington this 1st day of October 2007.
HON. JIM ANDERTON, Minister of Fisheries.