Pursuant to section 113C of the Fisheries Act 1996, the Secretary of Foreign Affairs and Trade gives the following notice.

Notice

1. Title

This notice is the Fisheries (High Seas Fishing Notifications—North East Atlantic Fisheries Commission) Notice 2020.

2. Commencement

This notice comes into force on the day after the date of its notification in the New Zealand Gazette.

3. Notification of Global, Regional, or Sub-regional Fisheries Organisation or Arrangement

For the purposes of Part 6A of the Fisheries Act 1996 and the definition of global, regional, or sub-regional fisheries organisation or arrangement in section 113B of that Act, the North East Atlantic Fisheries Commission is an agreement or arrangement within the meaning of that definition.

4. Notification of International Conservation and Management Measures

For the purposes of Part 6A of the Fisheries Act 1996 and the definition of international conservation and management measures in section 113B of that Act, the conservation measures adopted by the North East Atlantic Fisheries Commission that are set out in the Schedule of this notice are measures within the meaning of that definition.

5. Where Copies Are Available

Copies of the Convention on the Future Multilateral Cooperation in the North East Atlantic Fisheries establishing the North East Atlantic Fisheries Commission and the conservation and management measures referred to in clause 4 can be obtained from the Internet at www.neafc.org or the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Wellington.

6. Revocation

The Fisheries (High Seas Fishing Notifications—North East Atlantic Fisheries Commissions) Notice 2009 (SR 2009/138), as published in the New Zealand Gazette, 21 May 2009, No. 72, page 1690, is revoked.

Schedule

Conservation and Management Measures

The conservation and management measures adopted by the North East Atlantic Fisheries Commission are—

1. Recommendation 1 (1984): Minimum mesh size when fishing for capelin:
2. Recommendation 2 (1986): Minimum mesh size when fishing for blue whiting:
3. Recommendation (2004): Amendment to the NEAFC Convention—dispute settlement:
4. Recommendation 3 (2006): Recommendation to temporarily prohibit the use of gillnets, entangling nets and trammel nets in the NEAFC Regulatory Area:
5. Recommendation 16 (2010): Recommendation for a ban on discards in the NEAFC Regulatory Area:
6. Recommendation 2 (2011): Monthly Statistics (as amended by Recommendations 13:2016, 17:2015 and 14: 2013):
7. Recommendation 11 (2013): Recommendation to adopt an information security management system for NEAFC:
8. Recommendation 8 (2014): Recommendation on guidelines and terms and conditions for the NEAFC information security management system:
9. Recommendation 19 (2014): Recommendation on the protection of vulnerable marine ecosystems in the NEAFC Regulatory Area (as amended by Recommendations 9:2015 and 10:2018):
10. Recommendation 10 (2015): Recommendation on conservation of sharks caught in association with fisheries managed by the North-East Atlantic Fisheries Commission:
11. Recommendation 11 (2015): Recommendation on shrimp fisheries in the NEAFC Regulatory Area—sorting grids:
12. Recommendation 07 (2017): Recommendation on regulatory measures for the protection of blue ling in the NEAFC Regulatory Area (ICES division XIV) from 2017–2020:
13. Recommendation 07 (2018): Recommendation on deep-sea fisheries within the NEAFC Regulatory Area:
14. Recommendation 11 (2018): Recommendation to amend Article 22.3 of the NEAFC Scheme of Control and Enforcement:
15. Recommendation 12 (2018): Recommendation to amend Article 23 of the NEAFC Scheme of Control and Enforcement:
16. Recommendation 13 (2018): Recommendation to amend Article 25.1 of the NEAFC Scheme of Control and Enforcement:
17. Recommendation 14 (2018): Recommendation to add a new Annex XII C) to the NEAFC Scheme of Control and Enforcement:
18. Recommendation 15 (2018): Recommendation to amend Annex XV a – Form PSC 1 and Annex XV b – Form PSC 2 of the NEAFC Scheme of Control and Enforcement:
19. Recommendation 16 (2018): Recommendation to adopt the UN/CEFACT international standard for communications between the NEAFC Secretariat and Fisheries Monitoring Centres:
20. Recommendation 17 (2018): Recommendation on access to meeting documents:
21. Recommendation 8 (2019): Recommendation on conservation and management measures for spurdog (Squalus Acanthias) in the NEAFC Regulatory Area for 2019 and 2020:
22. Recommendation 9 (2019): Recommendation to amend Article 21 and to add a new Annex XIX to the Scheme of Control and Enforcement:
23. Recommendation 10 (2019): Recommendation to amend Article 25.1 of the Scheme of Control and Enforcement:
24. Recommendation 11 (2019): Recommendation to amend Article 34 of the Scheme of Control and Enforcement:
25. Recommendation 12 (2019): Recommendation to amend Annex 1 B) of the NEAFC Scheme of Control and Enforcement to include roughsnout grenadier (Trachyrinchus scabrus) and the grenadier family (Macrouridae):
26. Recommendation 13 (2019): Recommendation to amend Annex 1 of the Scheme of Control and Enforcement to add a new table as Annex 1 c) “Other Species” to include shark species:
27. Recommendation 14 (2019): Recommendation to amend Annex XV a) and b) to the Scheme of Control and Enforcement:
28. Recommendation 15 (2019): Recommendation to amend Annex XVI of the Scheme of Control and Enforcement:
29. Recommendation 16 (2019): Recommendation to provide VMS and catch data to ICES for scientific purposes:
30. Recommendation 17 (2019): Recommendation to update guidelines on business continuity pursuant to Article 2 (Scope) of Recommendation 11:2013 and Article 14 (Business Continuity Management) of Recommendation 8:2014:
31. Recommendation 18 (2019): Recommendation to update Article 3 Risk Management of NEAFC ISMS:
32. Recommendation 19 (2019): Recommendation to introduce an electronic reporting system (ERS) in NEAFC based on the FLUX UN/CEFACT International Standard.
33. Recommendation 1 (2020): Recommendation on Conservation and Management Measures for Blue Whiting in the NEAFC Regulatory Area for 2020
34. Recommendation 2 (2020): Recommendation on Conservation and Management Measures for Norwegian Spring Spawning (Atlanto-Scandian) Herring in the NEAFC Regulatory Area for 2020
35. Recommendation 3 (2020): Recommendation on Conservation and Management Measures for Mackerel in the NEAFC Regulatory Area for 2020
36. Recommendation 4 (2020): Recommendation to Adopt Conservation and Management Measures for Rockall Haddock in the NEAFC Regulatory Area (ICES 6b) for 2020
37. Recommendation 5 (2020): Recommendation on the Conservation and Management of Roundnose Grenadier (Coryphaenoides rupestris), Roughhead Grenadier (Macrourus berglax), and Roughsnout Grenadier (Trachyrinchus scabrus) and other Grenadiers (Macrouridae) in the NEAFC Regulatory Area (Divisions Xb and XIIc, and Subdivisions XIIa1 and XIVb1) for 2020
38. Recommendation 6 (2020): Recommendation on the Conservation and Management of Roundnose Grenadier (Coryphaenoides rupestris), Roughhead Grenadier (Macrourus berglax), and Roughsnout Grenadier (Trachyrinchus scabrus) and other Grenadiers (Macrouridae) in the NEAFC Regulatory Area on Hatton Bank and Rockall (ICES Subdivisions VI b.1 and VII c.1 and VII k.1, and Subdivisions V b.1a and Division XII.b) for 2020
39. Recommendation 7 (2020): Recommendation on Conservation and Management Measures for Porbeagle (Lamna Nasus) in the NEAFC Regulatory Area from 2020 to 2023
40. Recommendation 8 (2020): Recommendation on Conservation and Management Measures for Basking Shark (Cetorhinus Maximus) in the NEAFC Regulatory Area from 2020 to 2023
41. Recommendation 9 (2020): Recommendation on Conservation and Management Measures for Deep Sea Sharks in the NEAFC Regulatory Area from 2020 to 2023
42. Recommendation 10 (2020): Recommendation on Conservation and Management Measures for Deep Sea Rays (Rajiformes) in the NEAFC Regulatory Area from 2020 to 2023
43. Recommendation 11 (2020): Recommendation on Conservation and Management Measure for Deep Sea Chimaeras in the NEAFC Regulatory Area from 2020 to 2023
44. Recommendation 12 (2020): Recommendation to amend the NEAFC Scheme of Control and Enforcement in order to make lists of notified and authorised vessels publicly available on the NEAFC website
45. Recommendation 13 (2020): Recommendation on amendments to the NEAFC Scheme of Control and Enforcement relating to abandoned, lost or otherwise discarded fishing gear (ALDFG)
46. Recommendation 14 (2020): Recommendation on introducing fall back procedure for masters of fishing vessels in article 14 of the Scheme
47. Recommendation 15 (2020): Recommendation on Article 27 and Annex XVI of the NEAFC Scheme of Control and Enforcement
48. Recommendation 16 (2020): Recommendation to modify Article 44 of the NEAFC Scheme of Control and Enforcement in respect of vessels listed as IUU by other RFMOs
49. Recommendation 17 (2020): Recommendation to amend the NEAFC Scheme of Control and Enforcement to add species to Annex V Species List
50. Recommendation 18 (2020): Recommendation to amend NEAFC Scheme Annex VIII 7) CANCEL Report
51. Recommendation 19 (2020): Recommendation to amend the Internal Registration Numbers (IR) Format in NEAFC Scheme of Control and Enforcement
52. Recommendation 20 (2020): Recommendation on introducing the ERS Implementation document in Annex IX of the Scheme (FLUX Fishing Activities)
53. Recommendation 21 (2020): Recommendation on introducing the ERS Implementation document in Annex IX of the Scheme (FLUX Vessel Position)
54. Recommendation 22 (2020): Recommendation pursuant to Article 2 (Scope) of Recommendation 11:2013 and Article 7.2 (Information Classification) of Recommendation 08:2014

Dated at Wellington this 20th day of April 2020.

CHRIS SEED, Secretary of Foreign Affairs and Trade.