1. Final Allocations for Eligible Fishing Quota Owners
Pursuant to section 77 of the Climate Change Response Act 2002, the Director of Environmental Protection (under delegated authority of the Minister for Climate Change Issues), has made final determinations allocating the following New Zealand Units (NZUs) to eligible fishing quota owners as listed.
All fishing quota owners listed1 are eligible to receive an allocation of NZUs under the Fishing Allocation Plan.
The NZUs allocated under these determinations have been transferred to the respective New Zealand Emission Unit Register (NZEUR) NZU holding accounts in the year stated below.
The following quota owners have opened NZEUR holding accounts and received NZUs in May 2011.
Quota ID Applicant’s Name(s) Final Unit Entitlement
9290023 Gallagher Fishing Company Limited 27
8990100 John Rhodes Gallagher, Ruth Maree Gallagher 23
9790158 Alasdair Kirk, Julie Kirk, Brian Hailes 33
Note: The above notice is published in addition to notices of Final Allocations for Eligible Fishing Quota Owners, which were published in Supplements to the New Zealand Gazette, 24 September 2010, No. 125, page 3313, and New Zealand Gazette,
29 March 2011, No. 37, page 947.
2. Publishing Industrial Allocations
Section 86B(6)(b) of the Climate Change Response Act 2002 requires the Chief Executive of the Ministry for the Environment to publish the allocation of NZUs received by individuals and businesses. When publishing the allocations, the chief executive must consider whether publishing a final allocation of NZUs would "...be likely to prejudice unreasonably the commercial position of the eligible person who received the allocation."
While consulting with stakeholders, a number of issues have been identified concerning the sensitivity of commercial information that is not normally publicly available. To ensure that the continued commercial activity of small family-owned entities is protected, further analysis will be undertaken. At this time, no allocation information will be published until the issues are addressed.
When the Ministry for the Environment is satisfied that all entities can be treated fairly and consistently, further information on the allocation of NZUs will be published in the New Zealand Gazette.
Dated at Wellington this 27th day of June 2011.
KEVIN CURRIE, Director of Environmental Protection.
1 These names are from the fishing quota register as of 24 September 2009, some of which may have changed due to succession issues.