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Fisheries Act 1996

Quota management system - Allocation of quota

49A: Surrender of quota to Crown

You could also call this:

"Giving up your fishing quota to the government"

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You can give your quota to the Crown if you do not have a fishing permit or licence. You can only do this if no one else has a claim on your quota. The quota must not have any interests registered against it, except for a settlement quota interest.

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Part 4Quota management system
Allocation of quota

49ASurrender of quota to Crown

  1. Any owner of quota who does not also hold any fishing permit, international fishing permit, licence, vessel registration, or approval under this Act may, if the quota is not subject to any caveat, mortgage, or other interest registered on the quota register (other than a settlement quota interest), surrender that quota to the Crown.

Notes
  • Section 49A: inserted, on , by section 22 of the Fisheries Amendment Act (No 3) 2004 (2004 No 76).
  • Section 49A: amended, on , by section 10 of the Fisheries (International Fishing and Other Matters) Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 18).
  • Section 49A: amended, on , by section 214 of the Maori Fisheries Act 2004 (2004 No 78).