Pursuant to section 14 of the Fisheries Act 1996, the Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture, makes the following notice.
N o t i c e
1. Title-This notice may be cited as the Fisheries (Pacific Bluefin Tuna Total Allowable Catch) Notice 2011.
2. Commencement-This notice shall come into force on 30 September 2011.
3. Pacific Bluefin Tuna Fishery defined-The Pacific Bluefin Tuna Fishery quota management area is the area defined in Fisheries (Declaration of New Stocks Subject to Quota Management System) Notice (No. 3) 2003*.
4. Total allowable catch-On and from 1 October 2011, the total allowable catch for the Pacific Bluefin Tuna Fishery is the amount stated in the final column of the Schedule to this notice.
Schedule
Species Fishstock Quota Management Area Quota Management System Fishstock Code Total Allowable Catch (greenweight tonnes)
Pacific bluefin tuna TOR1, TOR2, TOR3, TOR4, TOR5, TOR6, TOR7, TOR8, TOR9, TOR10 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and
10 (combined) TOR1 145
Dated at Wellington this 20th day of September 2011.
HON PHIL HEATLEY, Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture.
*New Zealand Gazette, 30 October 2003, No. 148, page 4147 (rs7096).