Under 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 (Marsden Bank and Mair Bank Temporary Closure) Notice 2024.

2. Commencement

This notice comes into force on 29 June 2024.

3. Revocation of this notice

This notice is revoked on the close of 28 June 2026.

4. Marsden Bank and Mair Bank closed in respect of any species of shellfish (except pipi and scallops)

(1) A person must not take any species of shellfish (except pipi and scallops) from Marsden Bank or Mair Bank while this notice is in force.

(2) In this clause,—

Marsden Bank and Mair Bank means all that area of New Zealand fisheries waters enclosed by a line

1. commencing at a point on the mean high-water mark at the base of the Marsden Point oil refinery jetty (at 35°50.24’S and 174°29.91’E); then
2. proceeding in a north-easterly direction to a point at the seaward end of the Marsden Point oil refinery jetty (at 35°50.21’S and 174°29.95’E); then
3. proceeding in a south-easterly direction to the Whangarei Harbour main channel port-hand buoy number 18 (at 35°50.32’S and 174°30.44’E); then
4. proceeding in a south-easterly direction to the Whangarei Harbour main channel port-hand buoy number 16 (at 35°50.54’S and 174°30.94’E); then
5. proceeding in a south-easterly direction to the Whangarei Harbour main channel port-hand buoy number 14 (at 35°50.76’S and 174°31.19’E); then
6. proceeding in a south-westerly direction to a point offshore (at 35°50.86’S and 174°30.50’E); then
7. proceeding due west to a point on the mean high-water mark (at 35°50.86’S and 174°29.65’E); then
8. proceeding along the mean high-water mark in a generally north-easterly then north-westerly direction to the point of commencement.

Pipi means a shellfish of the species Paphies australis.

Scallop means a shellfish of the species Pecten novaezelandiae.

Shellfish includes all species of the phylum Echinodermata and phylum Mollusca and all species of the class Crustacea at any stage of their life history, whether living or dead.

Dated this 17th day of June 2024.

Hon SHANE JONES, Minister for Oceans and Fisheries.