Fisheries Act 1996

Allocation of quota for pipi in quota management area 1A

Schedule 5: Species in respect of which any person may own no more than 45% of combined total allowable commercial catches for New Zealand fisheries waters

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"Rules for owning fish catches in New Zealand waters"

You can own no more than 45% of the total allowable catch for some fish species in New Zealand. These species include alfonsino, anchovy, and barracouta. The rule is part of the Fisheries Act 1996, as stated in section 59. You also can't own more than 45% of the catch for other species like blue mackerel, blue warehou, and cardinalfish. There are many other species on the list, including deepwater clam, deepwater tuatua, and frilled venus shell. These rules help manage New Zealand's fisheries. The list of species is long and includes gemfish, ghost shark, and giant spider crab. It also includes hake, hoki, and horse mussel, as well as jack mackerel and king crab. You can find the full list of species in the schedule, which is part of the Fisheries Act 1996, as stated in section 59.

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Schedule 4D: Species for which quota to be allocated on basis of provisional catch history, if brought into quota management system on or before 1 October 2009, or

"Fish species that might have a catching limit"

Schedule 5A: Stocks to which sections 67A and 340A do not apply, or

"Fish stocks that don't follow certain rules in the Fisheries Act 1996"

5Species in respect of which any person may own no more than 45% of combined total allowable commercial catches for New Zealand fisheries waters Empowered by s 59

Alfonsino (Beryx splendens; Beryx decadactylus)

Anchovy (Engraulis australis)

Barracouta (Thyrsites atun)

Blue (English) mackerel (Scomber australasicus)

Blue warehou (Seriolella brama)

Cardinalfish (Epigonus telescopus)

Deepwater clam (Panopea zelandica)

Deepwater tuatua (Paphies donacina)

Frilled venus shell (Bassina yatei)

Frostfish (Lepidopus caudatus)

Gemfish (Rexea spp.)

Ghost shark (Hydrolagus novaezelandiae)

Giant spider crab (Jacquinotia edwardsii)

Hake (Merluccius australis)

Hoki (Macruronus novaezelandiae)

Horse mussel (Atrina zelandica)

Jack mackerel (Trachurus spp.)

King crab (Lithodes murrayi; Neolithodes brodiei)

Knobbed whelk (Austrofusus glans)

Large trough shell (Mactra murchisoni)

Ling (Genypterus blacodes)

Lookdown dory (Cyttus traversi)

Orange roughy (Hoplostethus atlanticus)

Oreos (Allocyttus spp.; Pseudocyttus maculatus; Neocyttus rhomboidalis)

Packhorse rock lobster (Jasus verreauxi)

Pale ghost shark (Hydrolagus bemisi)

Patagonian toothfish (Dissostichus eleginoides)

Pilchard (Sardinops sagax)

Queen scallop (Zygochlamys delicatula)

Red cod (Pseudophycis bachus)

Red crab (Chaceon bicolor)

Redbait (Emmelichthys nitidus)

Ribaldo (Mora moro)

Ringed dosinia (Dosinia anus)

Rubyfish (Plagiogeneion rubiginosum)

Scampi (Metanephrops challengeri)

Silky dosinia (Dosinia subrosea)

Silver warehou (Seriolella punctata)

Smooth skate (Dipturus innominatus)

Southern blue whiting (Micromesistius australis)

Sprat (Sprattus antipodum; Sprattus muelleri)

Squid (Nototodarus sloani; Nototodarus gouldi)

Triangle shell (Spisula aequilatera)

Trough shell (Mactra discors)

White warehou (Seriolella caerulea)

Notes

Schedule 5: amended, on 1 October 2010, by clause 3 of the Fisheries (Schedules 5, 5A, and 6) Order 2010 (SR 2010/297).
Schedule 5: amended, on 1 October 2009, by clause 3 of the Fisheries (Schedule 5) Order 2009 (SR 2009/248).
Schedule 5: amended, on 1 April 2007, by clause 4 of the Fisheries (Schedules 2, 5, 6, and 8) Order 2007 (SR 2007/31).