Fisheries Act 1996

Aquaculture - Fish farmers

186N: Fish farmer must advise chief executive of certain changes

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"Fish farmers must tell the chief executive about changes to their information."

You are a fish farmer and you must tell the chief executive if some information about you is incorrect or incomplete. You do this by applying under section 186W as soon as you can. This includes changes to your resource consent or certificate of compliance under the Resource Management Act 1991. If you do not tell the chief executive, you are breaking the law. You will be committing an offence and you may get a penalty, which is explained in section 252(6). You must make sure your information is correct and up to date. You need to check your information regularly to make sure it is correct. If you find any mistakes, you must apply to correct them as soon as possible. This will help keep your information accurate and avoid any problems.

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Environment and resources > Farming and fishingBusiness > Industry rules

186M: Access to Fish Farmer Register, or

"Viewing the Fish Farmer Register costs a fee and has certain rules"

186O: Limitations on holding and dealing with fish farmer registration, or

"Rules for keeping your fish farmer registration"

Part 9AAquaculture
Fish farmers

186NFish farmer must advise chief executive of certain changes

A fish farmer must apply to the chief executive under section 186W to correct information in the Fish Farmer Register relating to the fish farmer as soon as practicable after becoming aware that the information is incorrect or incomplete.
To avoid doubt, subsection (1) applies to a change to a resource consent or certificate of compliance under the Resource Management Act 1991 that relates to the fish farmer's aquaculture activities.
Every fish farmer who contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence and is liable to the penalty set out in section 252(6).

Notes

Section 186N: inserted, on 1 January 2005, by section 8 of the Fisheries Amendment Act (No 3) 2004 (2004 No 104).
Section 186N(2): amended, on 23 December 2023, by section 6 of the Resource Management (Natural and Built Environment and Spatial Planning Repeal and Interim Fast-track Consenting) Act 2023 (2023 No 68).