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Fisheries Act 1996

International fishing - High seas fishery inspectors

113V: Boarding and inspection procedures modified by notified global, regional, or subregional fisheries organisation or arrangement

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"Following international rules when inspecting fishing boats"

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You are a high seas fishery inspector. You board and inspect foreign vessels. If New Zealand is part of a global, regional, or subregional fisheries organisation or arrangement, you follow their procedures. You do this when you board and inspect a vessel under section 113S(1) to ensure the vessel complies with international conservation and management measures. You must follow the organisation's procedures if they are different from the requirements of section 113T or section 113U. The chief executive must also follow these procedures. This helps ensure you are doing your job correctly. You need to know about the Fish Stocks Agreement, which has procedures for boarding and inspection of vessels. This is in Article 21.2 of the agreement. You follow these procedures when you are inspecting a vessel.

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Part 6AInternational fishing
High seas fishery inspectors

113VBoarding and inspection procedures modified by notified global, regional, or subregional fisheries organisation or arrangement

  1. This section applies where—

  2. a notified global, regional, or subregional fisheries organisation or arrangement of which New Zealand is a member, or in which New Zealand is a participant, establishes procedures for boarding and inspection of vessels as provided in Article 21.2 of the Fish Stocks Agreement; and
    1. a high seas fishery inspector boards and inspects a foreign vessel under section 113S(1) for the purpose of ensuring compliance with international conservation and management measures established by that organisation or arrangement.

      1. To the extent that the procedures established by the organisation or arrangement are different from the requirements of section 113T or section 113U, the high seas fishery inspector and the chief executive must comply with the procedures established by the organisation or arrangement.

      Notes
      • Section 113V: inserted, on , by section 16 of the Fisheries Act 1996 Amendment Act (No 2) 1999 (1999 No 103).
      • Section 113V heading: amended, on , by section 43(1) of the Fisheries (International Fishing and Other Matters) Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 18).
      • Section 113V(1): amended, on , by section 43(2) of the Fisheries (International Fishing and Other Matters) Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 18).