113DTaking and transportation of fish, etc, outside New Zealand fisheries waters using New Zealand ships

1. No person may use a New Zealand ship, or a tender of that ship, to take (by any method) on the high seas or in the national fisheries jurisdiction of a foreign country any fish, aquatic life, or seaweed for sale, unless—

2. that person does so under the authority of, and in accordance with, a current international fishing permit issued in respect of that ship; and
3. the ship is registered—
   1. under the Ship Registration Act 1992; and
   2. in the Fishing Vessel Register as a fishing vessel; and
4. the holder of the permit is named in the Fishing Vessel Register as an operator of that vessel.

5. No person may use a New Zealand ship, or a tender of that ship, to transport any fish, aquatic life, or seaweed on the high seas or in the national fisheries jurisdiction of a foreign country, unless—

6. that person does so under the authority of, and in accordance with, a current international fishing permit issued in respect of that ship; and
7. the fish, aquatic life, or seaweed was taken—
   1. on the high seas under the authority of, and in accordance with, an international fishing permit or an authorisation issued by a State to which section 113E(2) applies; or
   2. in the national fisheries jurisdiction of a foreign State under, and in accordance with, the laws of that State and the international fishing permit; and
8. the ship is registered—
   1. under the Ship Registration Act 1992; and
   2. in the Fishing Vessel Register as either a fish carrier or a fishing vessel; and
9. the holder of the permit is named in the Fishing Vessel Register as an operator of that vessel.

10. Subsection (2) does not apply if the fish, aquatic life, or seaweed—

11. has previously been landed in New Zealand or in any other country; or
12. has not previously been landed in New Zealand or in any other country but was taken in New Zealand fisheries waters and—
    1. approval under section 110(1) is obtained before transportation on the high seas commences; and
    2. the transportation is in accordance with any conditions of that approval.

13. No person may take or transport any fish, aquatic life, or seaweed under the authority of an international fishing permit unless that person is—

14. the holder of that permit; or
15. an employee or agent of the holder of the permit; or
16. the master, or a member of the crew, of the ship in respect of which the permit is in force.

17. Every person who contravenes subsection (1) or subsection (2) or subsection (4) commits an offence and is liable on conviction to the penalty set out in section 252(3).