Fisheries (Declaration of New Stocks Subject to Quota Management System) Notice, 2006

Fisheries (Declaration of New Stocks Subject to Quota Management System) Notice 2006 Pursuant to sections 18 and 19 of the Fisheries Act 1996, the Minister of Fisheries gives the following notice. Contents 1 Title 2 Commencement 3 References to quota management areas, species, and codes 4 New stocks to be subject to quota management system 5 Fishing years 6 How total allowable commercial catch and annual catch entitlements to be expressed Schedule 1 New stocks subject to quota management system Schedule 2 Quota management areas for certain prawn killer stocks Notice 1 Title This notice is the Fisheries (Declaration of New Stocks Subject to Quota Management System) Notice 2006. 2 Commencement This notice comes into force on the day after the date of its notification in the Gazette. 3 References to quota management areas, species, and codes In Schedule 1, (a) the quota management areas referred to by a reference number are the fishery management areas described by reference to the same number in Part 1 of Schedule 1 of the Fisheries Act 1996, except as provided in paragraphs (b) and (c): (b) in the case of certain prawn killer stocks, the references to quota management areas 3, 4A, 6A, and 6B are references to the corresponding areas set out in Schedule 2: (c) the references to QMS fishstock codes in the third column of Schedule 1 are references to the codes for the relevant stock once it is introduced into the quota management system. 4 New stocks to be subject to quota management system The stocks specified in the first column of Schedule 1, in the quota management areas specified in the second column of that schedule, are to be subject to the quota management system established under Part 4 of the Fisheries Act 1996 on and from 1 October 2007. 5 Fishing years The fishing year for each stock specified in Schedule 1 is the 12-month period beginning on 1 October in any year. 6 How total allowable commercial catch and annual catch entitlements to be expressed The total allowable commercial catch and annual catch entitlements for all fishstocks specified in Schedule 1 are to be expressed as greenweight kilograms. Schedule 1 cls 3, 4, 5, 6 New stocks subject to quota management system Species Quota management area QMS fishstock code Prawn killer (Ibacus 1 PRK1 alticrenatus) 2 PRK2 3 PRK3 4A PRK4A 5 PRK5 6A PRK6A 6B PRK6B 7 PRK7 8 PRK8 9 PRK9 10 PRK10 Schedule 2 cl 3(b) Quota management areas for certain prawn killer stocks Quota management area 3---South East Coast and Western Chatham Islands combined All that area of New Zealand fisheries waters enclosed by a line (a) commencing at a point 42o10.0'S and 180o00.0'; then (b) proceeding south along the 180o00.0' line of longitude to latitude 46o00.0'S; then (c) proceeding west along the 46o00.0'S line of latitude to longitude 176o00.0'E; then (d) proceeding in a generally south-westerly direction directly to a point 48o19.0'S and 170o31.0'E; then (e) proceeding in a generally north-westerly direction directly to the mean high-water mark of the South Island at the southernmost point of Slope Point (approximately 46o40.5'S and 169o00.0'E); then (f) proceeding in a generally north-easterly direction along the mean high-water mark of the South Island to latitude 42o10.0'S (approximately 173o56.5'E, near Clarence Point); then (g) proceeding east along the 42o10.0'S line of latitude until reaching the point of commencement. Quota management area 4A---Chatham Islands East All that area of New Zealand fisheries waters enclosed by a line (a) commencing at point 42o10.0'S and 180o00.0'; then (b) proceeding south along the 180o00.0' line of longitude to latitude 46o00.0'S; then (c) proceeding east along the 46o00.0'S line of latitude to the exclusive economic zone boundary (longitude approximately 171o46.7'W); then (d) proceeding in a generally northerly direction along the exclusive economic zone boundary to latitude 42o10.0'S (longitude approximately 171o59.1'W); then (e) proceeding west along the line of latitude 42o10.0'S until reaching the point of commencement. Quota management area 6A---Auckland Islands All that area of New Zealand fisheries waters within fishery management area 6---Sub-Antarctic described in Part 1 of Schedule 1 of the Fisheries Act 1996 that surrounds the Auckland Islands within an area bounded by latitude 49o00.0'S in the north, and a line from 52o00.0'S and 164o30.0'E to 51o30.0'S and 168o30.0'E in the south, and by a line of longitude at 164o30.0'E in the west and 168o30.0'E in the east. Quota management area 6B---Part Sub-Antarctic All that area of New Zealand fisheries waters within fishery management area 6---Sub-Antarctic described in Part 1 of Schedule 1 of the Fisheries Act 1996, excluding prawn killer quota management area 6A. Dated at Wellington this 21st day of November 2006. Jim Anderton, Minister of Fisheries. Explanatory Note This note is not part of the notice, but is intended to indicate its general effect. This notice, which comes into force on the day after the date of its notification in the Gazette, introduces new stocks from the prawn killer species to the quota management system established under Part 4 of the Fisheries Act 1996 with effect on and from 1 October 2007. Issued under the authority of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989. Date of notification in Gazette: 30 November 2006. This notice is administered by the Ministry of Fisheries.