Fisheries (Marsden Bank Temporary Closure) Notice, 2012

2012/425 Fisheries (Marsden Bank Temporary Closure) Notice 2012 Pursuant to section 186A of the Fisheries Act 1996, the Minister for Primary Industries, after complyingwith the requirements of that sec tion, gives the following notice. Contents Page 1 Title 1 2 Commencement 1 3 Revocation of this notice 1 4 Marsden Bank closed in respect of pipi for 2 years 1 5 Revocation of Fisheries (Marsden Bank Temporary Closure) Notice 2011 2 Notice 1 Title This notice is the Fisheries (Marsden Bank Temporary Clo sure) Notice 2012. 2 Commencement This notice comes into force on 17 February 2013. 3 Revocation of this notice This notice is revoked on the close of 16 February 2015. 4 Marsden Bank closed in respect of pipi for 2 years (1) A person must not take pipi from Marsden Bank while this notice is in force. 1 http://www.legislation.govt.nz/pdflink.aspx?id=DLM397974 cl 5 Fisheries (Marsden Bank Temporary Closure) Notice 2012 2012/425 (2) In this clause,— Marsden Bank means all that area of New Zealand fisheries waters enclosed by a line— (a) commencing at a point at the seaward end of the Marsden Point oil refinery jetty (at 35°50.21′S and 174°29.95′E); then (b) proceeding in a generally easterly direction to the Port of Whangarei marker buoy 2 (at 35°50.31′S and 174°30.43′E); then (c) proceeding in a generally south-westerly direction to a point offshore (at 35°50.65′S and 174°30.09′E); then (d) proceeding in a generally north-westerly direction to a point on the mean high-water mark (at 35°50.58′S and 174°30.00′E); then (e) proceeding along the mean high-water mark to the Marsden Point oil refinery jetty (at 35°50.24′S and 174°29.91′E); then (f) proceeding in a generally north-easterly direction along the Marsden Point oil refinery jetty to the point of com mencement pipi means a shellfish of the species Paphies australis. 5 Revocation of Fisheries (Marsden Bank Temporary Closure) Notice 2011 The Fisheries (Marsden Bank Temporary Closure) Notice 2011 (SR 2011/1) is revoked. Dated at Wellington this 17th day of December 2012. Hon David Carter, Minister for Primary Industries. 2 http://www.legislation.govt.nz/pdflink.aspx?id=DLM3507202 http://www.legislation.govt.nz/pdflink.aspx?id=DLM3507202 2012/425 Fisheries (Marsden Bank Temporary Closure) Notice 2012 Explanatory note Explanatory note This note is not part of the notice, but is intended to indicate its gen eral effect. This notice, which comes into force on 17 February 2013, prohibits the taking of pipi from Marsden Bank for a period of 2 years. Issued under the authority of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989. Date of notification in Gazette: 20 December 2012. This notice is administered by the Ministry for Primary Industries. 12 Wellington, New Zealand: Published under the authority of the New Zealand Government—2012 3 http://www.legislation.govt.nz/pdflink.aspx?id=DLM195097