113KConditions of international fishing permit

1. An international fishing permit may be subject to such conditions as the chief executive considers appropriate, including conditions relating to the following matters:

2. the areas in which fishing or transportation is authorised:
3. the seasons, times, and particular voyages during which fishing or transportation is authorised:
4. the species, size, age, and quantities of fish, aquatic life, or seaweed that may be taken or transported:
5. the methods by which fish, aquatic life, or seaweed may be taken:
6. the types, size, and amount of fishing gear or equipment that may be used or carried, and the modes of storage of that gear or equipment when not in use:
7. the use, transfer, transhipment, landing, receiving, and processing of fish, aquatic life, or seaweed taken:
8. procedures or requirements, or both, enabling the verification of fish, aquatic life, or seaweed taken or being taken by the vessel, including procedures or restrictions relating to the species of, quantities of, or areas from which, fish, aquatic life, or seaweed are being or have been taken by the vessel:
9. entry by the vessel to New Zealand or foreign ports, whether for the inspection of its catch or for other purposes:
10. reports and information required to be given to the chief executive by the permit holder, and records required to be kept by the permit holder:
11. management controls regarding fishing-related mortality of fish, aquatic life, or seaweed:
12. the conduct of specified programmes of fisheries research:
13. the marking of the vessel and other means for its identification:
14. the placing of observers on the vessel and the payment of any associated prescribed fees and charges by the permit holder:
15. the provision, installation, and maintenance of electronic and other equipment to observe any fishing and related activities described in paragraph (e) of the definition of fisheries services in section 2(1), and the payment of any associated prescribed fees and charges by the permit holder:
16. the installation on the vessel and the maintenance of any automatic location communicator or other equipment for the identification and location of the vessel, and of adequate navigational equipment to enable the vessel to fix its position, and the payment of any associated prescribed fees and charges by the permit holder:
17. the carriage on board the vessel of specified charts, publications, and instruments:
18. the disposal of fish, aquatic life, and seaweed:
19. measures to give effect to international conservation and management measures that have been adopted by a notified global, regional, or subregional fisheries organisation or arrangement.

20. The chief executive may from time to time, by written notice to the holder of an international fishing permit, amend, add to, or revoke any conditions of the permit with effect from the date specified in the notice.

21. If the chief executive considers it expedient to do so, the chief executive may—

22. require the international fishing permit holder to surrender the permit; and
23. replace that permit with a new permit containing new conditions.

24. A condition imposed on an international fishing permit under this section is not invalid merely because the condition is more restrictive or more onerous than any conditions that are or may be imposed on fishing by any regulations made under this Act.