Fisheries (Palmerston North Commercial Fishing Restrictions) Notice 1983

1983/312 THE FISHERIES (PALMERSTON NORTH COMMERCIAL FISHING RESTRICTIONS) NOTICE 1983 PURSUANT to section 89 of the Fisheries Act 1983 and the Fisheries (Commercial Fishing) Regulations 1983, the Director-General of Agriculture and Fisheries hereby gives the following notice. NOTICE 1. Title and commencement-This notice may be cited as the Fisheries (Palmers ton North Commercial Fishing Restrictions) Notice 1983. (2) This notice shall come into force on the 1st day ofJanuary 1984. 2. Interpretation-(l) In this notice, unless the context otherwise requires, "Cockle" means the mollusc Chione (Austrouenus) stuchbutyi: "Crab" means the paddle or swimming crab of which the scientific name is Ouilapes satharus: . "Eel" means the shortfin eel (Anguilla australis) and the longfin eel (Anguilla dieffenbachii): "Harbour", unless otherwise specified by this notice, means those waters inside the landward entrance to any harbour: "Kina" means the shellfish of which the scientific name is Euechinus chloroticus, also commonly known as the sea egg; and includes the purple urchin of which the scientific name is Centrostephanus rodgersii: "Mussel" means the green mussel (Perna canaliculus), the blue mussel (Mytilus edulis aoteanus), and the horse mussel (Atrina z.elandica): "Net" includes any net capable of being used to take fish; but does not include a whitebait net: "Paua" includes ordinary paua (Haliotis iris) and yellow foot paua (H'aliotis australis): "Pipi" means the mollusc Paphies australis: "Rock lobster" means the fish of which the scientific names are [asus edwardsii (commonly known as the spiny or red rock lobster), and [asus verreauxi (commonly known as the packhorse or green rock lobster): "Set net" includes a gill net, drift net, trammel net, or any other sort of net which acts by enmeshing or entangling any fish: "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 are defined in the Fisheries Act 1983 shall, unless the context otherwise requires, have the meanings so defined. Ptice s Ie 2 Fisheries (Palmerston North Commercial Fishing Restrictions) 1983/312 Notice 1983 8. Netting prohibited-OJ Oriental Bay: No person shall at any time during the period from 1 November in any year to 30 Afril in the following year use any net for taking fish in the waters of Orienta Bay in Wellington Harbour which lie within a straight line from the northeastern comer of the boat harbour (at 41° 17.53'S and 174° 47.36'E) to Post Point at the eastern end of Oriental Bay (at 41° 17A5'S and 174° 47.83'E). (2) Point Howard to Ngauranga Gorge: No person shall use any set net in the waters of Wellington Harbour south of a line drawn from Point Howard (at 41° 15.3' S and 174° 54.17' E), thence to the southern extremity of Somes Island (at 41° 15.82'S and 174° 51.95'E) and thence to the bottom of the Ngauranga Gorge (at 41° 15'S and 174° 48.83'E). 4. Trawling prohibited-No person shall use a trawl net in the following waters: (a)Wellington Harbour: The waters of Wellington Harbour lying inside a straight line drawn from Pencarrow Head low-level li?"ht (at 41° 21.7'S and 174°50.9'E) to Palmer Head (at 41°20.8 Sand 174° 49.23'E): (b) Porirua Harbour: The waters of Porirua harbour lying inside a straight line drawn from the westernmost extremity of the North Head (at 41° 3.97'S and 174°50.25'E) (otherwise known as Te Rewarewa Point) to the northernmost extremity of South Head (at 41° 504 7' S and 174° 50.9'E): (c) Urenui Bay: The waters of Urenui Bay lying inside a straight line from Airedale Reef (at 174° 14.5'E and 38° 59'S) to the Tongaporutu River mouth (at 174° 35'E and 38° 49' S). 5. Selling of eels prohibited-No person shall sell any eels taken from Lake Horowhenua or the Hokio Stream. 6. Shellfish prohibitions-(l) Wellington Harbour: No person shall take by any fishing method or have in possession any shellfish (except rock lobsters and crabs) from the waters of Wellington Harbour lying inside a straight line drawn from Pencarrow Head low-level light (at 41° 21.7' S and 174° 50.9'E) to Palmer Head (at 41° 20.8'S and 174° 49.23'E). (2) Wanganui River Mouth: No person shall take by any fishing method, or have in possession, any paua or mussels from those waters enclosed by a line from Tirua Point (at 38° 23.5'S and 174° 38'E) to the Wanganui River mouth south mole (at 39° 57.1'S and 174° 59.9'E). (3) Waikanae River Mouth: No person shall take by any fishing method or have in possession any paua, mussels, cockles, or pipis from those waters lying within 10 nautical miles due West of mean high-water mark between the Waikanae River mouth (at 40° 5204'S and 175° 0004'E) and Turakirae Head (at 41° 26.4'S and 174°55'E); and including Mana Island (at 41° 05.3'S and 174° 47'E) and Kapiti Island (at 40° 51.5'S and 174° 55'E). 7. Taking of kina prohibited-No person shall take or have in possession any kina from the following areas: (a)Those waters enclosed by a straight line drawn from the Waikanae River (at 40° 52A'S and 175° OOA'E) to Rock Point (at 41°07.9'S and 174° 47.3'E) excluding Mana. Island (at 41° 05.3'S and 174° 47'E) and Kapiti Island (at 40° 51.5'S and 174° 55'E): 1983/312 Fisheries (Palmerston North Commercial Fishing Restrictions) Notice 1983 3 (b) Those waters enclosed by a straight line drawn from Red Rocks (at 40"21'S and 174"45.1'E) to Baring Head (at 41" 24.6'S and 174" 52.2'E) including Wellington Harbour. Dated at Wellington this 21st day of December 1983. M. J. BELGRAVE, Assistant Director-General of Agriculture and Fisheries. EXPLANATORY NOTE ThIS note is not part of the notice, but is Intended to indicate its general effect. This notice imposes certain restrictions on commercial fishing in the Palmerston North district, Issued under the authority of the Regulations Act 1936. Date of notification in Gazette: 21 December 1983. This notice is administered in the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries. \VI·U.I;,\;(;ro:,\;. N~\\ b.\L\:,\I): Printed under the authority of the New Zealand Coverumenr by P. D. H\'''I-!.IIII{( .• Covemmcnt Printt"r-1983