Pursuant to regulation 22 of the Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Regulations 1999, the Director-General of the Ministry for Primary Industries gives the following notice.

Notice

1. Title

This notice is the Fisheries (Declaration of Lyttelton Harbour/Whakaraupō Extension Mātaitai Reserve) Notice 2023.

2. Commencement

This notice comes into force on the 28th day after the date of its notification in the New Zealand Gazette.

3. Declaration of Lyttelton Harbour/Whakaraupō Extension Mātaitai Reserve

(1) This notice declares the establishment of the Lyttelton Harbour/Whakaraupō Extension Mātaitai Reserve.

(2) The area of the mātaitai reserve is the area of South Island fisheries waters within the following lines:

1. starting at a point on the mean high-water mark near the eastern extremity of Ōtokitoki / Gollans Bay at 43°35.950′S and 172°45.450′E, then
2. proceeding along the mean high-water mark in a generally north-easterly direction to a point at Awaroa / Godley Head at 43°35.234′S and 172°48.535′E, then
3. proceeding in a straight line in a south-easterly direction to a point on the mean high-water mark at Te Piaka / Adderley Head at 43°36.227′S and 172°49.560′E, then
4. proceeding along the mean high-water mark in a generally south-westerly direction to a point near the eastern extremity of Deep Gully Bay at 43°37.092′S and 172°46.147′E, then
5. proceeding in a straight line in a north-westerly direction to the starting point.

Dated at Wellington this 26th day of July 2023.

EMMA TAYLOR, Director Fisheries Management, Ministry for Primary Industries (acting under delegated authority).