Pursuant to Regulations 25 and 26 of the Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Regulations 1999, the Minister of Fisheries hereby publishes the following bylaw which he has approved.

Bylaw

1. Title

This bylaw may be cited as the Fisheries (Ōpihi Mātaitai) Bylaw 2019.

2. Commencement

This bylaw comes into effect on 29 November 2019.

3. Interpretation

In this bylaw:

1. “Ōpihi Mātaitai” means the Ōpihi Mātaitai Reserve declared by the Fisheries (Declaration of Ōpihi Mātaitai Reserve) Notice 2014 (LI 2014/234).
2. Unless the context requires otherwise, terms have the same meaning as in Regulation 2 of the Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Regulations 1999 and section 2 of the Fisheries Act 1996.

4. Approval of bylaw for the Ōpihi Mātaitai

The Minister of Fisheries has approved the following bylaw for the Ōpihi Mātaitai:

Bylaw 1 – Maximum daily limit on pātiki (flatfish) – Ōpihi Mātaitai

No person may, on any day, take more than ten (10) pātiki (flatfish) from within the Ōpihi Mātaitai.

Dated at Wellington this 24th day of October 2019.

Hon STUART NASH, Minister of Fisheries.

Explanatory Note

Fishing subject to this bylaw

Under Regulation 25(3) of the Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Regulations 1999, the bylaw applies generally to all persons fishing in the Ōpihi Mātaitai.

Breach of the bylaw is an offence

Under Regulation 43 of the Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Regulations 1999, a person commits an offence against those Regulations if a person breaches this bylaw.