Pursuant to section 11(4)(b)(i) of the Fisheries Act 1996,
the Minister for Primary Industries, after complying with the requirements of sections 11 and 12 of that Act, gives
the following notice.
N o t i c e
1. Title-This notice may be cited as the Fisheries (Marsden Bank and Mair Bank, Closure of Pipi Fishery) Notice 2014.
2. Commencement-This notice shall come into effect on
1 October 2014.
3. Interpretation-In this notice:
Marsden Bank and Mair Bank means all that area of
New Zealand fisheries waters enclosed by a line-
(a) commencing at a point on the mean high-water mark (MHWM) at the base of the Marsden Point oil refinery jetty (at 35ø50.24'S and 174ø29.91'E); then
(b) proceeding in a north-easterly direction to a point at the seaward end of the Marsden Point oil refinery jetty (at 35ø50.21'S and 174ø29.95'E); then
(c) proceeding in a south-easterly direction to the Whangarei Harbour main channel port-hand buoy no. 18 (at 35ø50.32'S and 174ø30.44'E); then
(d) proceeding in a south-easterly direction to the Whangarei Harbour main channel port-hand buoy no. 16 (at 35ø50.54'S and 174ø30.94'E); then
(e) proceeding in a south-easterly direction to the Whangarei Harbour main channel port-hand buoy no. 14 (at 35ø50.76'S and 174ø31.19'E); then
(f) proceeding in a south-westerly direction to a point offshore (at 35ø50.86'S and 174ø30.50'E); then
(g) proceeding due west to a point on the MHWM
(at 35ø50.86'S and 174ø29.65'E); then
(h) proceeding along the MHWM in a generally
north-easterly then north-westerly direction to the point of commencement.
pipi means a shellfish of the species Paphies australis.
4. Marsden Bank and Mair Bank closed in respect of pipi-No person may take pipi from Marsden Bank and Mair Bank while this notice is in effect.
Dated at Wellington this 8th day of September 2014.
HON NATHAN GUY, Minister for Primary Industries.
Explanatory Note
This note is not part of the notice, but is intended to indicate its general effect.
This notice, which comes into force on 1 October 2014, prohibits the taking of pipi from Marsden Bank and Mair Bank from 1 October 2014 onwards.