Fisheries Act 1996

• Jurisdiction: New Zealand
• Reference: 1996 No 88
• Citation: 1996 No 88
• Record Number: DLM394191
• Act Number: 88
• Type of Document: Act

Contenidos

• Fisheries Act 1996
• Preamble
• Contents
• 1 Short Title and commencement
• Part 1
• 2 Interpretation
• 3 Meaning of term associated person in relation to quota
• 3A Meaning of associated person in relation to issue of fishing permits
• 4 Meaning of terms overseas person, ordinarily resident in New Zealand, and nominee
• 5 Application of international obligations and Treaty of Waitangi (Fisheries Claims) Settlement Act 1992
• 6 Application of Resource Management Act 1991
• 6A Transitional, savings, and related provisions
• 7 Act to bind the Crown
• Part 2
• 8 Purpose
• 9 Environmental principles
• 10 Information principles
• Part 3
• 11 Sustainability measures
• 11A Fisheries plans
• 12 Consultation
• 13 Total allowable catch
• 14 Alternative total allowable catch for stock specified in Schedule 3
• 14A Alternative total allowable catch for stocks specified by Order in Council
• 14B Alternative total allowable catch for certain stocks
• 14C Stock may be declared no longer subject to section 14B
• 15 Fishing-related mortality of marine mammals or other wildlife
• 16 Emergency measures
• Part 4
• 17 Application of Part generally
• 17A Highly migratory species taken outside New Zealand fisheries waters
• 17B Determination that stock or species be subject to quota management system
• 18 Declaration that new stock subject to quota management system
• 19 Matters to be included in notice under section 18
• 20 Setting and variation of total allowable commercial catch
• 21 Matters to be taken into account in setting or varying any total allowable commercial catch
• 22 Effect of reduction of total allowable commercial catch
• 23 Effect of increase in total allowable commercial catch
• 24 Quota management areas
• 25 Alteration of quota management areas
• 25A Alteration of quota management areas with agreement of quota owners
• 25B Alteration of quota management areas without agreement of quota owners
• 26 Effect on quota if quota management area altered
• 27 Characteristics of individual transferable quota
• 28 Characteristics of provisional individual transferable quota
• 29 Characteristics of provisional catch history
• 29A Basis for allocation of quota
• 29B Allocation to Crown and Te Ohu Kai Moana Trustee Limited
• 30 Provisional catch history to be mechanism for allocation of quota
• 31 Manner of calculating provisional catch history
• 32 Criteria of eligibility to receive provisional catch history for quota management stock
• 32A Application of Part 4 to estate of deceased fishing permit holder
• 32B Expiry of section 32A
• 33 Qualifying years
• 34 Calculation of provisional catch history
• 35 Notification of eligibility to receive provisional catch history
• 35A Amendment of notification of eligibility to receive provisional catch history
• 36 Notification of allocation of provisional catch history