FAP - REVIEW OF REGULATORY AND OTHER MANAGEMENT CONTROLS FOR 1 OCTOBER 2010

Between February and March 2010 the Ministry of Fisheries consulted on a number of regulatory measures proposed for 1 October 2010.

A Final Advice Paper (see below) was provided to the Minister of Fisheries in June, and the Minister has now made his decisions, which are contained in the attached decision letter.

 Download Decision Letter to Stakeholders (PDF 235KB)

In summary, the Minister has decided to:

• Remove under-fishing provisions for southern bluefin tuna (STN1)
• Create regulations consequential to the introduction of bladder kelp (KBB3G and KBB4G) and Patagonian toothfish (PTO) into the quota management system
• Create regulations to give effect to the East Otago Taiapure

The Ministry’s Final Advice Paper to the Minister is also available for download. The paper was split into three volumes - Volume 1 contains Final Advice Papers and Recommendations; Volume 2 contains Initial Position Papers, Summary of Submissions and Submissions; Volume 3 contains Stakeholder submissions.

Please note - Some of these files are very large and may take time to download. These documents have been compressed to reduce download time. A CD of the four volumes can be made available if you require a higher resolution version or have trouble downloading these documents. To request this CD, please email trudie.macfarlane@fish.govt.nz

Volume 1 - Final Advice Papers and Summaries of Recommendations

 Download Volume 1 (PDF 3.26MB)

Volume 2 - Initial Position Papers, Stakeholder Submissions

 Download Volume 2 (PDF 7.05MB)