Plain language law

New Zealand law explained for everyone

Conservation Act 1987

Management planning

17J: Freshwater fisheries management plans

You could also call this:

"Plans to help manage fish and their homes in New Zealand's rivers and lakes"

The purpose of a freshwater fisheries management plan is to put general policies into action and set detailed objectives for managing freshwater fisheries in a specific area or throughout all New Zealand. You can think of it like a plan to help manage the fish and their homes in our rivers and lakes. The plan is used to make sure freshwater fisheries are managed well.

The Director-General is in charge of preparing these plans for the Minister to approve, and they do this for all freshwater fisheries except sports fisheries. When making a plan, the Director-General must consider other plans that are already in place, like sports fish and game management plans.

A freshwater fisheries management plan can apply to one or more species of fish in a specific area or throughout all New Zealand. The plan cannot override any laws, policies, or conservation strategies that are already in place, and you can find more information about these laws on the New Zealand legislation website.

This text is automatically generated. It might be out of date or be missing some parts. Find out more about how we do this.

This page was last updated on

View the original legislation for this page at https://legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1986/0120/latest/link.aspx?id=DLM104619.

Topics:
Environment and resources > ConservationGovernment and voting > Government departments
Previous

17I: Amendments to conservation management strategies and conservation management plans, or

"Changing conservation plans and strategies to help protect New Zealand's environment"

Next

17K: Procedure for preparation, approval, review, and amendment of freshwater fisheries management plans, or

"How freshwater fishing plans are created, checked, and updated"

Part 3AManagement planning

17JFreshwater fisheries management plans

  1. The purpose of a freshwater fisheries management plan is to implement general policies and establish detailed objectives for the management of freshwater fisheries within any area or areas or throughout all New Zealand.

  2. The Director-General may prepare for approval by the Minister such freshwater fisheries management plans as are necessary for the management of all freshwater fisheries other than sports fisheries.

  3. Nothing in any freshwater fisheries management plan shall derogate from—

  4. any provision in this Act or any other Act; or
    1. any policy approved under this Act or any other Act in respect of the area to which the plan relates, or any part of that area; or
      1. any provision in any conservation management strategy or conservation management plan.

        1. Any freshwater fisheries management plan may apply to any 1 or more freshwater fish species within any area or throughout all New Zealand.

        2. In preparing any freshwater fisheries management plan, the Director-General shall have regard to any sports fish and game management plan having effect in that area.

        Notes
        • Section 17J: inserted, on , by section 13(1) of the Conservation Law Reform Act 1990 (1990 No 31).
        • Section 17J(1): amended, on , by section 5(1) of the Conservation (Indigenous Freshwater Fish) Amendment Act 2019 (2019 No 55).
        • Section 17J(4): amended, on , by section 5(2) of the Conservation (Indigenous Freshwater Fish) Amendment Act 2019 (2019 No 55).