Notice Type
Departmental
Notice Title

Fisheries (East Coromandel Temporary Closure) Notice 2021 (MPI 1370)

Pursuant to section 186A of the Fisheries Act 1996, the Minister for Oceans and Fisheries, after complying with the requirements of that section, gives the following notice.

Notice

1. Title

This notice is the Fisheries (East Coromandel Temporary Closure) Notice 2021.

2. Commencement

This notice comes into force on 11 September 2021.

3. Revocation of This Notice

This notice is revoked on the close of 10 September 2023.

4. East Coromandel Closed in Respect of Scallops

(1) A person must not take scallops from the East Coromandel closure area while this notice is in force.

(2) In this clause:

scallops means the shellfish of the species Pectinidae

East Coromandel means all those New Zealand fisheries waters enclosed by a line –

  1. starting at a point on the mean high-water mark at the northernmost extremity of Anarake Point (at 36°40.945′S and 175°36.320′E); then
  2. proceeding in a straight line in an approximately north north-easterly direction to a point offshore (near Repanga/Cuvier Island) at 36°25.346S and 175°41.679E; then
  3. proceeding in a straight line in an approximately north-easterly direction to a point offshore (near Repanga/Cuvier Island) at 36°22.534S and 175°47.288E; then
  4. proceeding in a straight line in an approximately east south-easterly direction to a point offshore at 36°24.839S and 176°01.044E; then
  5. proceeding in a straight line in an approximately south south-easterly direction to a point offshore at 36°46.499S and 176°10.612E; then
  6. proceeding in a straight line in an approximately southerly direction to a point offshore (approximately south-east of the Aldermen Islands) at 37°03.137S and 176°12.669E; then
  7. proceeding in a straight line in a west south-westerly direction to a point on the mean high-water mark at Ruahiwihiwi Point at 37°06.822S and 175°53.413E; then
  8. proceeding along the mean high-water mark to the starting point.

Dated this 7th day of September 2021.

Hon DAVID PARKER, Minister for Oceans and Fisheries.