This notice is issued under section 186B of the Fisheries Act 1996.

Notice

1. Title

This notice is the Fisheries (Ōkahu Temporary Closure) Notice 2024.

2. Commencement

This notice comes into force on 2 December 2024.

3. Revocation of this notice

This notice is revoked on the close of 30 November 2025.

4. Ōkahu closed in respect of Pāua

(1) A person must not take blackfoot pāua or yellowfoot pāua from the Ōkahu closure area while this notice is in force.

(2) In this clause

blackfoot pāua means shellfish of the species Haliotis iris.

yellowfoot pāua means shellfish of the species Haliotis australis.

(3) Ōkahu closure area means all those South Island fisheries waters enclosed by a line—

1. starting at a point on the mean high-water mark at Homminy Point (at 43°58.447′S and 168°34.065′E); then
2. proceeding in a straight line in a northerly direction for approximately 725m to a point offshore (at 43°58.057′S and 168°34.025′E); then
3. proceeding in a straight line in a north-easterly direction to a point offshore approximately 675m to the north of Jackson Head (at 43°57.216′S and 168°37.601′E); then
4. proceeding in a straight line in a south-easterly direction to a point on the mean high-water mark at Neil’s Beach (at 43°59.742′S and 168°39.457′E); then
5. proceeding along the mean high-water mark in a generally north-westerly direction to the starting point.

Dated this 28th day of November 2024.

ALLEN FRAZER, Manager, Inshore Fisheries South, Ministry for Primary Industries (acting under delegated authority).