Pursuant to Regulations 20 and 22 of the Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Regulations 1999, the Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture and the Chief Executive of the Ministry of Fisheries give the following notice.
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1. Title-This notice may be cited as the Fisheries (Declaration and Notification of Moeraki Mataitai Reserve and Appointment of Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki) Notice 2010.
2. Commencement-This notice shall come into effect
on the 28th day after the date of its notification in the
New Zealand Gazette.
3. Interpretation-In this notice:
(a) "mataitai reserve" means the identified traditional fishing ground described in clause 4 of this notice.
(b) "Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki" means any person or persons appointed as Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki for the mataitai reserve under Regulation 21 of the Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Regulations 1999.
4. Declaration of a mataitai reserve-The Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture declares a mataitai reserve over all fisheries waters within the following three areas around Moeraki Peninsula:
(a) Tapuiri - All fisheries waters enclosed by a line:
(i) commencing at a point on the mean high water mark (MHWM) at the base of the Moeraki steel wharf at 45°21.48'S and 170°51.26'E; then
(ii) proceeding to the north-west end of the Moeraki steel wharf at 45°21.47'S and 170°51.20'E; then
(iii) proceeding north-east to a point north of
the Moeraki helicopter pad at 45°21.24'S and 170°51.43'E; then
(iv) proceeding south-east to a point at a rock located north east of Moeraki Point at 45°21.34'S and 170°51.84'E; then
(v) proceeding south-east to a point on the
seaward side of Amiria Rock at 45°22.16'S
and 170°52.21'E; then
(vi) proceeding due south to a point at 45°22.26'S and 170°52.21'E; then
(vii) proceeding due west to a point on the
MHWM on Tawhiroko Point at 45°22.26'S
and 170°52.08'E; and then
(viii) proceeding generally north along the MHWM to the point of commencement.
(b) Turaka Waka - All fisheries waters enclosed by a line:
(i) commencing north of Katiki Point at a point on the MHWM at 45°23.60'S and 170°52.10'E; then
(ii) proceeding due east to a point at 45°23.60'S and 170°52.22'E; then
(iii) proceeding due south to a point at 45°23.67'S and 170°52.22'E; then
(iv) proceeding due west to a point on the MHWM at 45°23.67'S and 170°52.11'E; and then
(v) proceeding generally north along the MHWM to the point of commencement.
(c) Katiki - All fisheries waters enclosed by a line:
(i) commencing at a point south-west of the Katiki Point Lighthouse at 45°23.57'S and 170°51.95'E; then
(ii) proceeding south-west to a point south-east of the Tarapuke Creek mouth at 45°24.93'S and 170°49.70'E; then
(iii) proceeding north-west to a point on the MHWM south of the Tarapuke Creek mouth
at 45°24.83'S and 170°49.54'E; and then
(iv) proceeding generally north-east along the MHWM, and including the waters of
the Waimataitai Lagoon to the south-west
of the Lighthouse Hills, to the point of commencement.
5. Appointment of Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki-The chief executive names Joseph Taurima and Trevor McGlinchey
as Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki for the mataitai reserve. This appointment is for a term of five years, commencing on the day that this notice comes into effect.
6. Prohibition on commercial fishing-Commercial fishing within the mataitai reserve is prohibited under Regulation 24(2) of the Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Regulations 1999.
7. Power to authorise taking of fisheries resources for customary food gathering-The Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki may authorise any individual to take fish, aquatic life or seaweed from within the whole or any part of the mataitai reserve. No fishing for customary food gathering purposes may take place in the mataitai reserve without authorisation from the Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki.
Dated at Wellington this 5th day of November 2010.
HON PHIL HEATLEY, Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture.
RANDALL BESS, Spatial Allocations Manager, acting under delegated authority from the chief executive, Ministry of Fisheries.