Fisheries (Hastings Commercial Fishing Restrictions) Notice 1984

Extract from Nel\' Leu/und (;u::e{(r, TI-mr~d~', 1 March 1984, No. 29, page 576 nil' lrshrrrcs (/ lasting» ('f//I/I//('reia/ Fil/lll1g Restrictions) NOlin' /')84 PtIRstl,\NT to section X'I of the Fisheries Act I'IX:1 and the Fisheries « 'onuncrcial Fishing) Regulations I'IX.1. the Dircrtor-t ieneral of Agriculture and Fisheries hereby gives the following notice, NOTICE I. Title and ccmmeucement-c-t I) This notice may be cited as the Fisheries (Hastings Commercial Fishing Restrictions) Notice I')X4. (2) This notice shall come into force on the day after the date of its publication in the Ga zrtt«. 2. Interprclation-( I) In this notice. unless the context otherwise rcquircs.v "Danish seine net" means a net which has a wing on each side of a cod-end with a rope or librous warp attached to each wing and which is operated by being drawn over the bed of any watrrs or through any waters, the llL't being huulcd to the vessel or to more than one vessel by a winch or other mechanical device or by hand: "Danish seining" means the use of a Danish seine net: "Finfish" includes the Classes Osteichthyes (boncy fishes). Cluuulncluhycs (cartilaginous Iishl's), and :\gllatha (j.iwlcss fishes): "Mussel" means the green mussel (Perna canaliculus). the blue mussel (Myliltls ('Jlllis' aotcunusi. and the horse mussel (.'ltri//ll zetandicav: "Net" includes any net capable of being used to lake tish; but docs not include a whitebait net: "Overall length" means the length of a vessel measured by a straight middle line from the extreme lorcward end to the extreme ati end of the hull of the vessel: "Pair trawling" means any net that is towed or hauled through the water by more than one vessel: "Paua" includes the ordinary paua tl laliotis iris) and the yellow loot paua Ulaliotis uustrulisv. "Rock lobster" means the fish of which the scientific names arc Jasus cdwardsii (commonly known as the spiny or red rock lobster), and Jasus vcrreauxi (commonly known as the packhorse or green rock lobster): "Rock lobster pot" means any pot, whether baited or not, which is capable of catching or holding rock lobsters: and includes any other device capable of catching, holding, or storing rock lobsters: "Set net" includes a gill net, drift net, trammel net, or any other sort of net which acts by enmeshing or entangling any lish: "Trawl net" means any net, or part thereof (not including a Danish seine net) that is used by being drawn over the bed of any water or through any waters by one or more vessels or mechanical devices. (2) Words and expressions in this notice which arc deli ned in the Fisheries Act 19S3 shall, unless the context otherwise requires, have the meanings so defined. 3. Set netting prohibited-No person shall usc a set net in the following waters: (a) Muhia Peninsula:All those waters lying within 2 nautical mill's from a line commencing at Boat Harbour (at .1')' 0.7' S and 177° 53.5' E) and proceeding along lhe mean high-water mark around Mahin Peninsula to the mouth of the Nuhaka River (at W' 03.5' Sand 177" 45' E): (b) Portlund Isla lid: All those waters lying within 2 nautical miles from the mean high-water mark or rhc shore or Portland Island. 4, Trawling and Danish seining prohibited-No person shall usc a trawl net or Danish seine net in any or the following waters: (a) Waiputiki Strcum 10 Cape Kil!lIaflfll'n: ,\11 those walers lying inside a slraighl line commencing at Cape Kidnappers Lighthouse (at 39" 3S.S' Sand 17r 05.5' E) thcnce to the mouth of the Waipaliki Stream (at 3')" IS.I' Sand 176° 5S.6' E), thence proceeding along mean high-wain mark to the poinl or commenl't'ment: Provided that nOlhing in lhis paragraph shall prohibit the usc ofa trawl nct by a \cssL'i ofkss than 13.5 m OIl'rall length; (b) {'{'{WI,' Heaeh Itl .·I!IlIt/n 1111111.' ..\11 those watns or Hawke Bav Iyin~ inside a straight line drawn rrom PL'tane Bcach (;It 3')" 27.02 ' S 'lnd 176" 52.4' [Ol to the easternmost point or ..\huriri Blulf (at W' 2X.'1' Sand 17il" 55,15' [0): (e) . IIII II'lri JJlII!r [0 'l'1I/.;' IlIkl /</I'l'I' 11if/1l11i.-\11 those watns of Hawke 'Bay lying Illside a slraighl lim' drawn rrom thc easternmost point uf '\hunri Blulr (al .,9" 2::;l)' Sand 176" 55.15' E) to the eastern bank or till' Illoulh of till' Tuki Tuki River (at 39" 3il.ll5· Sand 17il' 5il.X 1'): (d) vtatua Peninsula:All those waters Iving within 2 nautiul miles from a line commencing at Bllat Harbour (at :19"0.7' S and 177° 53.5' E) and proceeding along the mean high-water mark around Mahia Peninsula to the mouth of the Nuhaka River (at 3')" 03.5' Sand 177° 45' E): (l') l'ortland lsland: All those waters lying withiu 2 nautical miles from the mean high-water mark or the shore of Portland Island. 5. Pair trawling prohibited from Cape Runaway til Castle Point No person shall USl' a IraII'I net towed by more than one vessel in all those waters lying within a line commencing at Cape Runaway (at 3r :12.3' Sand 177" 59.4' E) and proceeding in a true North direction to the boundary or the Exclusive Economic Zone: thence in a generally southerly direction along that boundary 10 a point 40" 54.UI' S and 173"45' W; thence in a true West direction to Casuc Point (at 40" 54.0 I' Sand 176" 1.1.3' E): thence in a generally north erly direction along the mean high-wain mark 10 the point or comrncuccmcnt. 6. Taking shellfish-( I) Muhia 1"'11/11.111/,,: No person shall take shellfish from that area below mean high-water mark between Paretu (at 3S" 57.05' Sand 177" 54,2' E) and the mouth or the Nuha':u River (at 39° 0:1,)' Sand 177° 45' E), including the coast of Mal ;\ Peninsula or lrum waters adjacent thereto or from the coast or Port land Island or the waters adjacent thereto. (2) Cain: Runaway to Blackhead l.ighthousv: No person shall take any paua from those waters below mean high-water mark betwci n Cape Runaway (at :'7" 32.3' Sand 177° 5'1.4' E) in the north, and Blackhead Lighthouse (at 4lt 13.2' Sand 176" 47.2' E) In the south, including the waters adjacent to the coast of Portland Island and East Island. (3) Cap« UIIII"Il'al' (0 Nuhaka River: No person shall take any mussels from those waters below mean high-water mark between Cape Runaway (at 37" 32,3' Sand 177" 5').4' E) in the north, and the mouth of the Nuhaka River (at .\9" m.5' Sand 177° 45' E) in the south, including the waters adjacent 10 the coast of Portland Island and the coast of East Island. 7. All fishing methods prohibited in certain waters-(l) No pel son shall take any fish by any fishing method from the following waters: (a) llorokaka. stuhia Peninsula: All those waters lying inside a line commencing at the point 3')" 05.26' Sand 177" 57.2:-' I' ncar Aurea Point; thence in a northwesterly direction " a point 3')" 04.20' Sand 177" 56.21' E: thence in a southwesterly direction to till' point 39" 05.27' Sand 177" 55.42' E: thence proceeding along mean high-water mark to the point of commencement: (b) l'ariokcnu l'oint 10 Rarohcnga Slr('(/II/, Mahla Peninsula: All those waters lying inside a line commencing at Pariokcna Point (at 39" 05.30' Sand 177"57.45' E); thence in an east erly direction to a point 39° 05.31' Sand 177° 59.40' E; thence in a southerly direction to the mouth of the Rarohcnga Stream (at 39" 06.15' Sand 177° 59.42' E); thence proceeding along the mean high-water mark to the point of commencement: (c) Tc lloc Point to Waikokopu Breakwater. Mahia Peninsula:All those waters lying inside a straight line drawn from Te Hoc Point (at 39" 07.10' Sand \77" 51.\ Y E) to the Wai kokopu Breakwater (at 3'1" 04..11' Sand 177° 49.45' E): (d) Waimarunia: All those waters lying inside a line commencing at the mouth of the Waipuka Stream (at 39° 44,8' Sand 177" 0.6' E); thence in a southeasterly direction to a point :1'1" 50.1' Sand 177" 02.6' E; thence in a southwesterly direction to a point .1'1" 52' Sand 176" 5XX E; thence along the mean high-water mark 10 the point of commencement. (2) For the purposes of subclause (I) (d) of this clause, the waters therein described shall include the upwelling known as Ngapuhake to the southeast of Bare Island. 8. Taking of finfish from' Wuirou Hurd prohibited-No person shall take any linlisll from all those waters of IlawkL' Hay enclosed oy a Ime commencmg al the mouth of the MOL'angi:lngi River at a point 3')" 14.9' Sand 177" Ol,-j' E; lhl"ll'e procl'eding in a south l'asterly LlI1'l'ctlon 10 a pOint :1'1" 16.6' Sand 177" 07.6' E; thence procceding 111 a northeasterly direction to a point :19° 11.3' Sand 177' 21.2' E: thcnce pruccl'lting in a nllrthwcstl'l'ly dirl'l'tion to thc Waihua River Illouth tll a poinl :1(1" 05.7' Sand 177" 17.1' E: thence procceding aillng nlL'an high-watl'!' mark 10 the northernmost bank of the mllulh llf lhe Mohaka River (at )')" 07.03' Sand 177" II.OY E): thencl' proceeding h) a straight line to lhe south ernmllsl bank of the Illoulh of the ~lohaka Rill'!' (at :19"07.04' S and 177" 11.02' E); thenL'e pnll'l'l'dmg along mean high-watl'!' mark to thc point of l'llill IllL'nl'L'men I. 9, Re,:oclltilln-:The FisllL'ries (Hastings COlllmerl'ial Fishing Rest. i,;\()ns) Nlllll'L' I')X.'· is Ill'rehv rL'lo~L'll. Dated at Wellington this 2Xth day or February I')X4. M. J. BEL<iRAVE, Assistant Director-General of Agriculture and Fisheries. ·S.R. Il)XJj.IU EXPLANATORY NOTE This note is 1/01 part or the notice, but is 11/1/'IIi/l'd 10 indicate its gl'/wra/ ('//(',.,. lhis nonce continues certain restrictions Oil commercial fishing in the Hustings District imposed by S.R. 1l)~.\f.1I.\. and extends a nu-Iixluu]; arva to include an area around Waimarama. .11XI