Fisheries (Driftnet) Regulations 1989

Covernor-General ORDER IN COUNCIL At Wellington this day of 1989 Present: IN CoUNCIL PURSUANT to section 89 of the Fisheries A1:t 1983, His Excellency the Coverncr-General, ~cting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council. bereby makes the fonowing regulations. ANALYSIS S. Offences 6. f'orel~ fishinS cn.{t within ~xcJwivC' «onomic lone controUed by o<hcr r~uons I. TIde anctcommenct'menl 2. Definition of "drirtn~" ,. Prohibition on UK o( r."nftnf'n 4. Prohibition on polS~nlon ul t1n(tnf'U R.E.GULATIONS l. Tide :and commencement-(l) These..ceguLations may be cited a.s the Fisheries {Driftnel! R('~bllon.s 1989. (2) These regubtions ~hUl come into force on the 11th day ofJuly 1989. 2. Definition of "deifrnet"-In these regulations, "driftnet" means a gillnet or any other net (:l) Which is more than 1 kilometre in iength: and (b) Which acts by enmC'shutg.entrOlpping, or entangling any ruh: and (c) Which is used or intended 10 be used by being left to drift in, or on the surface or. the ..... arer: and 2 (d) Which is not used or intend.ed 10 be,used while attached 10 any point of land or the sea bed Irrespective of whether the net is used or intended to be used .....hile attached to any vessel. ~. Prohibition on use of driftneu-No person shall use for fishing in New Zealand fisheries ....·uers an)" drifUlCt. 4. Prohibition on possession of driftncu-No person shall have on board any vessel in Ne..... Zealand 'fisheries waters any drifr.nec. 5. OB"ences-E\'ery person commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding S I 0.000 who fails to comply with or acts in comravernion of regulation 3 or regulation 4 of these regularicns. 6. Foreign fishing cnfr within exclusive economic zone controlled brother regulations-Nothing in these reguJations (which are subj«t to sections 3 and 89 (3) (a) of the fisheries Act 1983) relates to the use of foreign fIshing craft ....·ithin the exclusive economic lone. Clerk. of the Executive Council, EXPLANA TORY NOTt TlIu "0(' u "0( fJ4rt of til, "",l4I.Gru.. tut u mlt"tU~ t. 1""11' tNl' {,n,," tftr:t. These re~tion,. "'Nch come inlO Ieree on II July 1919. mu.e it m olI'cnce for my p~non (1) To u.co (or fuhin~ In N~w Inland l1.h~ries W&lcn my dri(cnet {u d~fined in the re~~lions,: or (b) To hue on baud any y<ss<1 in New l.ea.bnd fuhcrics W&tcn any drifcnet (&I defined in ~ repluon.). These r~ution. do not lpply in rdalion 10 the ~ of forci~ I1.NnS craft ..;tNn the txc!wlye C"Cononuc lone. SlI1luar pro",ion, in rdation 10 ,ueh (orel~ fubin& craft hlye been included in tM uclWlYCO €.conolTUC Lonco (Orirtn~ll RetuJ1tions 1919.