Pursuant to section 44(3)(a) of the Aquaculture Reform (Repeals and Transitional Provisions) Act 2004, the Director-General of the Ministry for Primary Industries gives the following notice.

Notice

1. Title

This Notice is the Fisheries (Golden Bay and Tasman Bay Aquaculture Areas) Notice 2018.

2. Aquaculture areas defined

1. Subject to clause 2(2) this notice applies to the aquaculture areas that are declared in the Aquaculture Reform (Repeals and Transitional Provisions) (Golden Bay and Tasman Bay Interim Aquaculture Management Areas) Order 2005 to be interim aquaculture management areas.
2. This notice does not apply to a 4-sided area totalling 108ha in subzones (a) and (b) of AMA 1 Waikato, the corners of which are defined by the intersections of the following lines of latitude and longitude:
1. 40°37.533′S and 172°42.869′E
2. 40°37.533′S and 172°43.154′E
3. 40°38.991′S and 172°43.148′E
4. 40°38.992′S and 172°42.868′E.

3. Notification of Aquaculture Areas

The areas that this notice applies to are aquaculture areas.

Dated at Wellington on this 16th day of January 2018.

MARTYN DUNNE, Director-General Ministry for Primary Industries.