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Fisheries (Challenger Area
Amateur Fishing) Amendment
Regulations (No 2) 2012
Jerry Mateparae, Governor-General
Order in Council
At Wellington this 3rd day of December 2012
Present:
His Excellency the Governor-General in Council
Pursuant to section 297 of the Fisheries Act 1996, His Excellency the
Governor-General, acting on the advice and with the consent of the
Executive Council, makes the following regulations.
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Title
Commencement
Principal regulations
Regulation 4AB amended (Set net fishing prohibited in
certain area from Clarence Point to Cape Jackson)
Regulation 4AC amended (Exemption from prohibition in
regulation 4AB)
New regulation 4AAC inserted (Limited prohibition on
set netting in certain waters within area from Needles
Point to Cape Jackson)
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4AAC Limited prohibition on set netting in certain waters
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Regulation 5 amended (Offences and penalties)
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Regulations
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Title
These regulations are the Fisheries (Challenger Area Amateur
Fishing) Amendment Regulations (No 2) 2012.
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Commencement
These regulations come into force on 3 January 2013.
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Principal regulations
These regulations amend the Fisheries (Challenger Area Amateur Fishing) Regulations 1986 (the principal regulations).
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Regulation 4AB amended (Set net fishing prohibited in
certain area from Clarence Point to Cape Jackson)
(1) Replace regulation 4AB(1) with:
“(1) A person must not use a set net for fishing in the waters from
Clarence Point to Cape Jackson.
“(1A) For the purposes of subclause (1), the waters from Clarence
Point to Cape Jackson—
“(a) are the waters lying within an area bounded by a line
that—
“(i) commences at the mean high-water mark at
Clarence Point (at 42°10.00′S and 173°56.00′E);
and
“(ii) then proceeds due east 4 nautical miles to a point
on the Challenger fisheries management area
boundary (at 42°10.00′S and 174°01.74′E); and
“(iii) then proceeds in a line 4 nautical miles from the
mean high-water mark to a point on the Challenger fisheries management area boundary (at
41°11.37′S and 174°27.76′E); and
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“(iv) then proceeds in a straight line to a point on the
Challenger fisheries management area boundary
(at 41°01.85′S and 174°25.67′E); and
“(v) then proceeds 4 nautical miles from the mean
high-water mark to a point 4 nautical miles due
north of Cape Jackson lighthouse (at 40°55.62′S
and 174°18.80′E); and
“(vi) then proceeds due south to Cape Jackson lighthouse (at 40°59.70′S and 174°18.80′E); and
“(vii) then proceeds in a southerly direction along the
mean high-water mark to the west bank of the
Wairau River (at 41°30.02′S and 174°03.65′E);
and
“(viii) then proceeds in a straight line to the east
bank of the Wairau River (at 41°30.05′S and
174°03.72′E); and
“(ix) then proceeds south along the line of the mean
high-water mark to Clarence Point (at 42°10.00′S
and 173°56.00′E); but
“(b) do not include the waters described in regulations 4AC
and 4AAC.”
In regulation 4AB(2), replace “subclause (1)” with “subclause
(1A)”.
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Regulation 4AC amended (Exemption from prohibition
in regulation 4AB)
(1) Replace the heading to regulation 4AC with “Set net fishing
in inner Queen Charlotte Sound”.
(2) Replace regulation 4AC(1) with:
“(1) A person must not use a set net for fishing in the waters described in subclause (2) unless the set net is—
“(a) a flatfish set net; and
“(b) used during the period beginning on 1 April in each year
and ending on the close of 30 September in that year.”
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New regulation 4AAC inserted (Limited prohibition on
set netting in certain waters within area from Needles
Point to Cape Jackson)
After regulation 4AC, insert:
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“4AAC Limited prohibition on set netting in certain waters
within area from Needles Point to Cape Jackson
“(1) A person must not use a set net in the waters described in
subclause (2) unless—
“(a) the set net is used in the period—
“(i) beginning on 3 January 2013 and ending on the
close of 30 April 2013:
“(ii) beginning on 1 January and ending on the close
of 30 April in relation to any other year; and
“(b) the person using the set net remains, at all times, in the
immediate vicinity of the set net while it is being used.
“(2) The waters referred to in subclause (1) are—
“(a) Cape Jackson to Little Waikawa Bay (Kaikanohi): all
that area of New Zealand fisheries waters enclosed by a
line that—
“(i) commences at a point on the mean high-water
mark at Cape Jackson (at 40°59.70′S and
174°18.80′E); and
“(ii) then proceeds due north to a point offshore (at
40°59.50′S and 174°18.80′E); and
“(iii) then proceeds in a generally southerly direction
along a line every point of which is approximately 200 m from the mean high-water mark to
a point offshore (at 41°04.14′S and 174°16.47′E);
and
“(iv) then proceeds due west to a point on the mean
high-water mark at Kaikanohi (on the northern
head of Little Waikawa Bay) (at 41°04.14′S and
174°16.29′E); and
“(v) then proceeds in a generally northerly direction
along the mean high-water mark of the South Island to the point of commencement:
“(b) Cooper Point to Deep Bay: all that area of New Zealand
fisheries waters enclosed by a line that—
“(i) commences at a point on the mean high-water
mark of Arapawa Island at the northernmost
point of Cooper Point (at 41°07.07′S and
174°18.95′E); and
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“(ii) then proceeds due north to a point offshore (at
41°06.95′S and 174°18.95′E); and
“(iii) then proceeds in a generally north-easterly then
south-westerly direction along a line every point
of which is approximately 200 m from the mean
high-water mark of Arapawa Island to a point
offshore (at 41°13.75′S and 174°15.67′E); and
“(iv) then proceeds due west to a point on the mean
high-water mark at the easternmost point of the
southern head of Deep Bay (at 41°13.75′S and
174°15.51′E); and
“(v) then proceeds in a generally north-easterly then
south-westerly direction along the mean highwater mark of Arapawa Island to the point of
commencement:
“(c) Oyster Bay to Rarangi: all that area of New Zealand
fisheries waters enclosed by a line that—
“(i) commences at a point on the mean high-water
mark at the northernmost point of Tio Point (on
the western side of Oyster Bay) (at 41°14.68′S
and 174°14.78′E); and
“(ii) then proceeds due north to a point offshore (at
41°14.55′S and 174°14.78′E); and
“(iii) then proceeds in a generally north-easterly then
southerly direction along a line every point of
which is approximately 200 m from the mean
high-water mark of the South Island to a point
offshore (at 41°23.49′S and 174°03.25′E); and
“(iv) then proceeds due west to a point on the mean
high-water mark at the northern end of Rarangi
Beach (at 41°23.49′S and 174°03.07′E); and
“(v) then proceeds in a generally northerly then
south-westerly direction along the mean
high-water mark of the South Island to the point
of commencement:
“(d) Cape Campbell to Needles Point: all that area of New
Zealand fisheries waters enclosed by a line that—
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commences at a point on the mean high-water
mark at the northernmost point of Cape Campbell
(at 41°43.55′S and 174°16.57′E); and
“(ii) then proceeds due north to a point offshore (at
41°43.43′S and 174°16.57′E); and
“(iii) then proceeds in a south-westerly direction along
a line every point of which is approximately
200 m from the mean high-water mark of the
South Island to a point offshore (at 41°52.37′S
and 174°09.98′E); and
“(iv) then proceeds due west to a point on the mean
high-water mark at the easternmost point of Needles Point (at 41°52.37′S and 174°09.82′E); and
“(v) then proceeds in a north-easterly direction along
the mean high-water mark of the South Island to
the point of commencement:
“(e) Brothers Islands: the waters lying inside a line every
point of which is 200 m from the mean high-water mark
of all of the islands, islets, and rocks of the Brothers
Islands group:
“(f) White Rocks: the waters lying inside a line every point
of which is 200 m from the mean high-water mark of
White Rocks:
“(g) Motuara Island: the waters lying inside a line every
point of which is 200 m from the mean high-water mark
of Motuara Island:
“(h) Motungarara Island: the waters lying inside a line every
point of which is 200 m from the mean high-water mark
of Motungarara Island:
“(i) The Twins: the waters lying inside a line every point of
which is 200 m from the mean high-water mark of The
Twins.”
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Regulation 5 amended (Offences and penalties)
In regulation 5(1), after “4A,”, insert “4AC, 4AAC,”.
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Explanatory note
Michael Webster,
for Clerk of the Executive Council.
Explanatory note
This note is not part of the regulations, but is intended to indicate
their general effect.
These regulations, which come into force on 3 January 2013, amend
the Fisheries (Challenger Area Amateur Fishing) Regulations 1986.
The amendments relate to using a set net in certain waters from
Clarence Point to Cape Jackson. Using a flatfish set net will be
permitted in inner Queen Charlotte Sound from 1 April to 30 September. Using a set net in certain waters from Needles Point to Cape
Jackson will be permitted if the set net is used in a certain period and
the person using the set net remains at all times in the immediate
vicinity of the set net. The period begins on 3 January 2013 and ends
with 30 April 2013 and, in subsequent years, begins on 1 January
and ends on the close of 30 April.
Regulation 5, which provides for offences and penalties, is consequentially amended.
Issued under the authority of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989.
Date of notification in Gazette: 6 December 2012.
These regulations are administered by the Ministry for Primary Industries.
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Wellington, New Zealand:
Published under the authority of the New Zealand Government—2012
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