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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

22: Customary fishing in high protection areas

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"Fishing in protected areas: what you can and can't do"

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You can do customary fishing in a high protection area if you are allowed to under certain regulations. You must be authorised under regulations made under section 186 or section 297 of the Fisheries Act 1996. You cannot use certain fishing methods like dredging, trawling that touches the seabed, or Danish seining. You should know that this rule only applies to customary fishing in high protection areas. It does not apply to other activities that are prohibited in seafloor protection areas, like those mentioned in sections 17 and 18. This rule is to clarify what you can and cannot do in high protection 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

22Customary fishing in high protection areas

  1. Despite section 21, a person may undertake customary fishing within a high protection area if—

  2. the person is authorised to undertake customary fishing under—
    1. regulations made under section 186 of the Fisheries Act 1996; or
      1. regulations made under section 297 of the Fisheries Act 1996 for the purpose of section 10 of the Treaty of Waitangi (Fisheries Claims) Settlement Act 1992; and
      2. the person does not utilise any of the following fishing methods:
        1. dredging:
          1. trawling that makes contact with the seabed:
            1. Danish seining.

            2. To avoid doubt, this section—

            3. applies only to customary fishing within high protection areas; and
              1. does not apply to the activities prohibited by sections 17 and 18 in seafloor protection areas.