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Fisheries Act 1996

Quota management system - Quota management areas

24: Quota management areas

You could also call this:

"Areas where fishing quotas are managed for different types of fish and seafood"

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You have a quota management area for every type of fish or seafood that this part of the law applies to. The quota management area for a particular type of fish or seafood is defined in a special notice, which can be found in section 18. If a type of fish or seafood was already being managed under a different part of the law before this law started, its quota management area is the same as it was before, as outlined in Part 2A of the Fisheries Act 1983.

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Part 4Quota management system
Quota management areas

24Quota management areas

  1. There shall be a quota management area for every stock to which this Part applies.

  2. Subject to section 25, the quota management area for any stock is,—

  3. in the case of any stock declared by notice under section 18 to be subject to the quota management system, the quota management area defined for that stock by that notice:
    1. in the case of any species or class of fish, aquatic life, or seaweed that, immediately before the date of commencement of this section, was subject to Part 2A of the Fisheries Act 1983, the quota management area in force for that stock immediately before that date.

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