Pursuant to section 12 of the Maori Commercial Aquaculture Claims Settlement Act 2004, the Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture gives the following notice.
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1. Title and commencement-(1) This notice may be cited as Notice Declaring an Aquaculture Settlement Area for the Purposes of the Maori Commercial Aquaculture Claims Settlement Act 2004 - Hokianga Harbour (No. F617).
(2) This notice comes into force on 1 October 2011.
2. Gazetting space for settlement purposes-For the purposes of preserving space to be used for meeting
the Crown’s obligations under section 9 of the Maori Commercial Aquaculture Claims Settlement Act 2004, the Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture declares the following space in the coastal marine area to be an Aquaculture Settlement Area:
Hokianga Harbour
The area enclosed by a line:
(a) commencing at a point offshore (at 35°26.22'S and 173°23.57'E); then
(b) proceeding due east to a point offshore
(at 35°26.22'S and 173°23.75'E); then
(c) proceeding in a south-westerly direction to a point offshore (at 35°26.47'S and 173°23.68'E); then
(d) proceeding due west to a point offshore
(at 35°26.47'S and 173°23.50'E); then
(e) proceeding in a north-easterly direction to the point of commencement.
Dated at Wellington this 27th day of September 2011.
HON PHIL HEATLEY, Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture.