Pursuant to section 186B of the Fisheries Act 1996,
the Chief Executive of the Ministry of Fisheries gives the following notice.
N o t i c e
1. Title-This notice is the Fisheries (Kaikoura-Wakatu Quay Temporary Closure) Notice 2010.
2. Commencement-This notice comes into force on
18 August 2010.
3. Expiry-This notice expires on the close of 17 August 2012.
4. Area closed for taking of fish, aquatic life, and seaweed-(1) No person may take any species of fish, aquatic life, or seaweed from the Kaikoura-Wakatu Quay closure area.
(2) In this clause, Kaikoura-Wakatu Quay closure area means that area of the South Island fisheries waters lying within an area bounded by a line that:
(a) commences at a point at the North Wharf
(at 42°24.79'S and 173°42.19'E); then
(b) proceeds in a north-easterly direction to a point
at Nine Pin Rock (at 42°24.54'S and 173°42.32'E); then
(c) proceeds in a south-easterly direction to a point
at St Kilda Rocks (at 42°24.80'S and 173°42.80'E); then
(d) proceeds in a south-westerly direction to a point
(at 42°25.01'S and 173°42.57'E; then
(e) proceeds in a westerly direction to a point on the coast (at 42°25.02'S and 173°42.50'E); then
(f) proceeds in a north-westerly direction along the mean high-water springs mark of the coast of
the South Island to the point of commencement.
5. Revocation-The Fisheries (Kaikoura-Wakatu Quay Temporary Closure) Notice 2008 (SR 2008/230)* is revoked.
Dated at Wellington this 2nd day of August 2010.
WAYNE MCNEE, Chief Executive, Ministry of Fisheries.
*New Zealand Gazette, 7 August 2008, No. 124, page 3234