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Natural Environment Bill

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88: Restrictions on national rules that control fishing

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"Rules to control fishing have some limits to protect certain types of fishing."

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If a new national rule is made to control fishing, you need to know it has some limits. The rule cannot say that fishing is a restricted or discretionary activity. It can say that fishing is not allowed in a certain area. A national rule about fishing does not apply to Māori customary non-commercial fishing, which is described in section 114. This means that rules that control fishing do not affect Māori customary non-commercial fishing rights. You can find more information about this in the relevant legislation.

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Part 2Foundations
National instruments: National standards

88Restrictions on national rules that control fishing

  1. A national rule that controls fishing—

  2. must not classify fishing as a restricted discretionary or a discretionary activity:
    1. may classify fishing as a prohibited activity in an area:
      1. may classify fishing as a permitted activity in an area only if it is an exception to a rule made under paragraph (b) that applies to the area.

        1. A national rule that controls fishing does not apply does not apply to customary non-commercial fishing provided for in the legislation described in section 114 (rules that control fishing do not apply to Māori customary non-commercial fishing rights in specified legislation).