Fisheries (Auckland and Kermadec Areas Commercial Fishing) Amendment Regulations, 2005

Fisheries (Auckland and Kermadec Areas Commercial Fishing) Amendment Regulations 2005 Silvia Cartwright, Governor-General Order in Council At Wellington this 27th day of June 2005 Present: Her Excellency the Governor-General in Council Pursuant to section 297 of the Fisheries Act 1996, Her Excellency the Governor-General, acting on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council, makes the following regulations. Contents 1 Title 2 Commencement 3 Set netting prohibited in defined areas Regulations 1 Title (1) These regulations are the Fisheries (Auckland and Kermadec Areas Commercial Fishing) Amendment Regulations 2005. (2) In these regulations, the Fisheries (Auckland and Kermadec Areas Commercial Fishing) Regulations 1986 SR 1986/216 are called "the principal regulations". 2 Commencement These regulations come into force on 1 October 2005. 3 Set netting prohibited in defined areas Regulation 15A(l) of the principal regulations is amended by revoking subparagraph (iii), and substituting the following subparagraph: "(iii) Maunganui Bluff---Tirua Point: the waters lying within 4 nautical miles from the mean high-water mark that extends from Maunganui Bluff (at approximately 35o45.54'S and 173o33.3'E); then in a generally southerly direction by the mean high-water mark to the southernmost extremity of the north head of Kaipara Harbour (at approximately 36o23.81'E and 174o03.92'E); then by a straight line to Pukitu on the south head of Kaipara Harbour (at approximately 36o28.06'S and 174o09.73'E); then by the mean high-water mark to a point on the easternmost extremity of Paratutae Island (at approximately 37o02.83'S and 174o30.72'E); then by a straight line to the signal staff on the south head of Manukau Harbour (at approximately 37o03.33'S and 174o32.19'E); then by the mean high-water mark to a point north of the Waikato River mouth (at 37o21.1'S and 174o41.33'E); then by a straight line to the south head of the Waikato River mouth (at 37o22.49'S and 174o42.13'E); then by the mean high-water mark to Rangitoto Point (at approximately 37o47.95'S and 174o50.5'E); then by a straight line to the south head of Raglan Harbour (at approximately 37o48.22'S and 174o50.50'E); then by the mean high-water mark to Potahi Point (at approximately 38o00.56'S and 174o47.97'E); then by a straight line to Kahua Point (at approximately 38o02.19'S and 174o47.09'E); then by the mean high-water mark to Tauratahi Point (at approximately 38o05.05'S and 174o46.86'E); then by a straight line to Urawitiki Point (at approximately 38o05.26'S and 174o46.25'E); then by the mean high-water mark to Tirua Point (at approximately 38o23.22'S and 174o38.04'E):". Diane Morcom, Clerk of the Executive Council. Issued under the authority of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989. Date of notification in Gazette: 30 June 2005. These regulations are administered in the Ministry of Fisheries.