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Hauraki Gulf / Tīkapa Moana Marine Protection Act 2025

Marine reserves, seafloor protection areas, and high protection areas - Seafloor protection areas and high protection areas - Activities to which prohibitions do not apply

23: Ring net fishing for authorised persons in certain high protection areas

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"Authorised ring net fishing is allowed in some protected areas"

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You can do ring net fishing in some high protection areas if you are authorised. You must be authorised by the Director-General to do ring net fishing. You can get this authorisation if you are a commercial fisher and have done ring net fishing in these areas before. You must follow the rules and conditions set by regulations made under section 74. The high protection areas are Kawau Bay and Rangitoto and Motutapu. You must also follow the Fisheries Act 1996 and other related laws. The Director-General's authorisation must include your fisheries client number and any rules you must follow. Your fisheries client number is a unique number given to you by the Ministry responsible for the Fisheries Act 1996. You must comply with all the rules and conditions to do ring net fishing in these areas.

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Part 2Marine reserves, seafloor protection areas, and high protection areas
Seafloor protection areas and high protection areas: Activities to which prohibitions do not apply

23Ring net fishing for authorised persons in certain high protection areas

  1. Despite section 21, a person may undertake ring net fishing within the high protection areas specified in subsection (2) if—

  2. the person is authorised to undertake ring net fishing by the Director-General in accordance with subsections (3) to (5); and
    1. the person complies with any restrictions and conditions prescribed by regulations made under section 74 that apply to persons undertaking ring net fishing.

      1. The high protection areas are—

      2. Kawau Bay High Protection Area:
        1. Rangitoto and Motutapu High Protection Area.

          1. The Director-General may, in writing, authorise a person who meets the requirements of subsection (4) to undertake ring net fishing.

          2. The Director-General may authorise a person to undertake ring net fishing only if—

          3. the person is a commercial fisher; and
            1. the person has, before the commencement of this Act, undertaken ring net fishing in 1 (or both) of the following high protection areas:
              1. Kawau Bay High Protection Area:
                1. Rangitoto and Motutapu High Protection Area; and
                2. the ring net fishing described in paragraph (b) was undertaken in any of the following fishing years:
                  1. the year beginning 1 October 2021:
                    1. the year beginning 1 October 2022:
                      1. the year beginning 1 October 2023.

                      2. The Director-General’s written authorisation must—

                      3. specify the authorised person’s fisheries client number; and
                        1. set out the restrictions and conditions prescribed by regulations made under section 74 that apply to the authorised person undertaking ring net fishing; and
                          1. contain any other information prescribed by the regulations.

                            1. A person undertaking ring net fishing in accordance with this section must also comply with the Fisheries Act 1996 and any secondary legislation made under that Act.

                            2. This section does not limit the application of section 22.

                            3. In this section, fisheries client number means the unique identification number assigned by the chief executive for the time being of the Ministry responsible for the administration of the Fisheries Act 1996 to a person who is included in any class listed in section 189 of that Act.