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Fisheries Act 1996

Allocation of quota for pipi in quota management area 1A

Schedule 13: Quota management areas for particular scampi stocks

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"Areas in New Zealand where scampi fishing is managed"

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You are looking at a schedule about quota management areas for scampi stocks. This schedule is part of the Fisheries Act 1996. It describes areas in New Zealand fisheries waters where scampi can be found. The areas are defined by lines of latitude and longitude. You can find more information about these areas in section 369N of the Act. You will see several areas described in the schedule. Each area has its own boundaries. These boundaries are defined by lines of latitude and longitude. The schedule also refers to Part 1 of Schedule 1 of the Fisheries Act 1996. This part describes fishery management areas, including area 6—Sub-Antarctic. The schedule defines specific areas within this management area where scampi can be found.

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13Quota management areas for particular scampi stocks Empowered by s 369N

All that area of New Zealand fisheries waters enclosed by a line—

  • commencing at a point 42°10.0′S and 180°00.0′; then
    1. proceeding south along the 180°00.0′ line of longitude to latitude 46°00.0′S; then
      1. proceeding west along the 46°00.0′S line of latitude to longitude 176°00.0′E; then
        1. proceeding in a generally south-westerly direction directly to a point 48°19.0′S and 170°31.0′E; then
          1. proceeding in a generally north-westerly direction directly to the mean high-water mark of the South Island at the southernmost point of Slope Point (approximately 46°40.5′S and 169°00.0′E); then
            1. proceeding in a generally north-easterly direction along the mean high-water mark of the South Island to latitude 42°10.0′S (approximately 173°56.5′E, near Clarence Point); then
              1. proceeding east along the 42°10.0′S line of latitude until reaching the point of commencement.

                  1. All that area of New Zealand fisheries waters enclosed by a line—

                1. commencing at point 42°10.0′S and 180°00.0′; then
                  1. proceeding south along the 180°00.0′ line of longitude to latitude 46°00.0′S; then
                    1. proceeding east along the 46°00.0′S line of latitude to the exclusive economic zone boundary (longitude approximately 171°46.7′W); then
                      1. proceeding in a generally northerly direction along the exclusive economic zone boundary to latitude 42°10.0′S (longitude approximately 171°59.1′W); then
                        1. proceeding west along the line of latitude 42°10.0′S until reaching the point of commencement.

                            1. All that area of New Zealand fisheries waters within fishery management area 6—Sub-Antarctic in Part 1 of Schedule 1 of the Fisheries Act 1996 that surround the Auckland Islands within an area bounded by latitude 49°00′S in the north, and a line from 52°00′S and 164°30′E to 51°30′S and 168°30′E in the south and by line of longitude at 164°30′E in the west and 168°30′E in the east.

                            All that area of New Zealand fisheries waters within fishery management area 6—Sub-Antarctic in Part 1 of Schedule 1 of the Fisheries Act 1996, excluding scampi quota management area 6A.