Pursuant to Regulation 22 of the Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Regulations 1999, the Deputy Chief Executive Fisheries Management at the Ministry of Fisheries (acting pursuant to a delegated authority in accordance with section 41 of the State Sector Act 1988) gives the following notice.
N o t i c e
1. Title and commencement-(1) This notice may be cited as the Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Notice (No. 12) 2010.
(2) This notice shall come into effect on 23 December 2010.
2. Interpretation-In this notice:
(a) "customary food-gathering" has the same meaning as defined in the Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Regulations 1999.
(b) "Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki" means the person or persons appointed under Regulation 21 of the Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Regulations 1999 for the management of customary food-gathering within a mataitai reserve.
(c) "mataitai reserve" means the traditional fishing-ground at Koukourarata (Port Levy) encompassing those waters that lie south of a straight line drawn from Te Piaka/Adderley Head to Akeake/Baleine Point.
3. Nomination of Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki-Te Runanga
o Koukourarata, being representative of tangata whenua who hold manawhenua manamoana over the mataitai reserve (as represented by Te Runanga o Ngai Tahu), has nominated Meri Crofts as a Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki for managing customary food-gathering within the mataitai reserve.
4. Appointment of Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki-On
8 December 2010, the Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture appointed, under Regulation 22(3) of the Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Regulations 1999, Meri Crofts
as a Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki for managing customary
food-gathering within the mataitai reserve for a further
five-year term. The appointment will expire on 22 December 2015.
5. Power to authorise taking of fisheries resources for customary food-gathering-Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki may authorise any individual to take fisheries resources managed under the Fisheries Act 1996 for customary food-gathering purposes from within the whole or any part of the mataitai reserve for which they have been appointed as a Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki. No customary food-gathering of fisheries resources may take place in the mataitai reserve without an authorisation from a Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki.
Dated at Wellington this 13th day of December 2010.
GAVIN LOCKWOOD, Deputy Chief Executive Fisheries Management, Ministry of Fisheries.