Pursuant to sections 4 and 5 of the Marine Mammals Protection Act 1978, the Department of Conservation notifies the following application received from
Dr Robert Mattlin, of Marine Wildlife Research Limited
on 23 November 2009:
Capture and satellite tag up to 10 Hector’s dolphins during March 2010 through to May 2011 in Clifford and/or Cloudy Bays, Marlborough, in order to determine where they travel to over the winter months.
A copy of the full application can be obtained from
the Department of Conservation, Nelson/Marlborough Conservancy, Private Bag 5, Nelson.
Any person wishing to make a submission on this application can do so by writing to the Conservator, Department of Conservation, Nelson/Marlborough Conservancy, Private Bag 5, Nelson, by 29 January 2010.
Unless a person making a submission states to the contrary in the submission, that person will be deemed to give his/her consent to the release under the Official Information Act 1982 of all the information in the submission.
Dated this 30th day of November 2009.
NEIL CLIFTON, Nelson/Marlborough Conservator (pursuant to an instrument of delegation dated 29 October 1997).