Annual Report for the Year Ended 30 June 2001

• Our Vision
• Chief Executive's Overview
• Key Achievements
• 2000/2001 Financial Performance
• References
  • Terms and Definitions Used
  • Legislation Administered by the Ministry of Fisheries at 30 June 2001
  • Ministry Directory

Annual Report for the Year Ended 30 June 2001

References

Terms and Definitions Used

Cost Recovery	The recovery from the commercial fishing industry of the costs incurred by the Crown to manage New Zealand's fisheries resources as a result of the existence or activities of the commercial fishing industry.
Customary Fishing	Either the Fisheries (Kaimoana Customary Fishing) Regulations 1998 or the Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Regulations 1998.
Deemed Values	Charges for fish caught in excess of quota holding.
ITQ	Individual Transferable Quota - a property right within the Quota Management System giving the holder the perpetual right, which can be traded and transferred, to fish for a particular species.
Mahinga kai	Places where customary food gathering is undertaken.
Mataitai Reserve	An identified traditional fishing ground established as a reserve under either the Fisheries (Kaimoana Customary Fishing) Regulations 1998 or the Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Regulations 1998. A mätaitai reserve may be managed by tangata whenua for non-commercial purposes, through bylaws approved by the Minister.
MFish	The Ministry of Fisheries.
Monthly Balances	The difference between the amount of each species of fish caught by the quota holder and the total quota by species available to that fisher during the fishing year.
Quota	A tradeable property right to harvest the particular species for which quota is held by the fisher.
Quota Management	The means by which the Ministry of Fisheries manages the property System (QMS) right held by the fisher.
Stakeholders	Persons and organisations who have a shared interest in the utilisation of fisheries resources and the sustainability of those resources. These include: agencies and groups with interests in marine ecosystems and the fisheries environment recreational fishers commercial fishers and other members of the seafood industry The nature of the special relationship between the Crown and Maori based on the Treaty of Waitangi acknowledges the particular interest the Maori have in the utilisation of fisheries resources and their sustainability.
Sustainability	The capacity of fisheries resources to meet the reasonably foreseeable needs of future generations.
TAC	Total Allowable Catch. The amount of fish able to be taken in any one year without impairing the future sustainable yields of the resources.
TACC	Total Allowable Commercial Catch. The amount of fish able to be taken in any one year by the commercial fisheries sector.
Taiapure	Taiapure/Local fisheries are areas established under Part IX of the Fisheries Act 1996, where a committee nominated by the local Maori community may recommend the making of regulations to manage all types of fishing.
Tangata kaitiaki/tiaki Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki	Means any person or persons appointed under the customary fishing regulations to manage customary food gathering or a mataitai reserve
United Nations Implementing Agreement	Utilisation Conserving, using, enhancing and developing fisheries resources to enable people to provide for their social, economic and cultural well-being.

Legislation administered by the Ministry of Fisheries at 1 July 2001

Public Acts
Driftnet Prohibition Act 1991
Fisheries Act 1983
Fisheries Act 1996
Fisheries (Quota Operations Validation) Act 1997
Fishing Industry Board Act 1963
Maori Fisheries Act 1989
Marine Farming Act 1971
Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (Restructuring) Act 1995¹
Treaty of Waitangi (Fisheries Claims) Settlement Act 1992 Subordinate Legislation

Regulations
Fish Export Licensing Regulations 1982
Fish Export Processing Regulations 1995
Fish Levy Regulations 1976
Fisheries (1995-96 Jack Mackerel Quota) Regulations (No 2) 1995
Fisheries (1997 Foveaux Strait Dredge Oyster Quota) Regulations 1997
Fisheries (Allocation of Individual Catch Entitlement) Regulations 1999
Fisheries (Amateur Fishing) Regulations 1986
Fisheries (Auckland and Kermadec Areas Amateur Fishing) Regulations 1986
Fisheries (Auckland and Kermadec Areas Commercial Fishing) Regulations 1986
Fisheries (Catch Against Quota) Regulations 1993
Fisheries (Central Area Amateur Fishing) Regulations 1986
Fisheries (Central Area Commercial Fishing) Regulations 1986
Fisheries (Challenger Area Amateur Fishing) Regulations 1986
Fisheries (Challenger Area Commercial Fishing) Regulations 1986
Fisheries (Commercial Fishing) Regulations1986
Fisheries (Form of Transfer or Lease of Quota) Regulations 1993
Fisheries (Form of Transfer or Lease of Quota) Regulations 1997
Fisheries (Kaimoana Customary Fishing) Regulations 1998
Fisheries (Lake Ellesmere Eel Fishery) Regulations 1997
Fisheries (Licensed Fish Receivers) Regulations 1997
Fisheries (Record Keeping) Regulations 1990
Fisheries (Reporting) Regulations 1990
Fisheries (Satellite Vessel Monitoring) Regulations 1993
Fisheries (South-East Area Amateur Fishing) Regulations 1986
Fisheries (South-East Area Commercial Fishing) Regulations 1986
Fisheries (Southern Bluefin Tuna Quota) Regulations 1995
Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Regulations 1998
Fisheries (Southland and Sub-Antarctic Areas Amateur Fishing) Regulations 1991
Fisheries (Southland and Sub-Antarctic Areas Commercial Fishing) Regulations 1986
Fisheries (South Tasman Rise Orange Roughy Fishery) Regulations 1998
Fisheries (Transitional Provisions) Regulations 1996
Fisheries (Transitional Provisions) Regulations 1997
Fisheries (Transitional Provisions) Regulations 1998
Freshwater Fisheries Regulations 1983
Freshwater Fish Farming Regulations 1983
Marine Farming (Fees) Regulations 1997
Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Regulations 1999
Fisheries (South Tasman Rise Orange Roughy Fishery) Regulations 1999
Fisheries (South Tasman Rise Orange Roughy Fishery) Regulations 2000
Fisheries (Toothfish Catch Documentation Scheme) Regulations 2000 Notices
Fisheries (1986-87 Commercial Quotas Allocation) Notice 1986
Fisheries (1987-88 Jack Mackerel Quota Allocation) Notice 1987
Fisheries (1995-96 Jack Mackerel Quota Allocation) Notice 1996
Fisheries (1997 Foveaux Strait Dredge Oyster Quota Allocation) Notice 1997
Fisheries (Conversion Factors) Notice 1996
Fisheries (Declaration of New Stock Subject to Quota Management System) Notice 1997
Fisheries (Dunedin Commercial Fishing Restrictions) Notice 1983
Fisheries (Eastern Beach Temporary Closure) Notice 1999
Fisheries (Hastings Commercial Fishing Restrictions) Notice 1983
Fisheries (Jack Mackerel Quota Management Areas, Total Allowable Catches, and Catch Histories) Notice 1987
Fisheries (Jack Mackerel Quota Management Areas, Total Allowable Catches, and Catch Histories) Notice (No 2) 1987
Fisheries (Lake Ellesmere Eel Quota Allocation) Notice 1997
Fisheries (Nelson/Marlborough Dredge Oyster Fishery Season) Notice 1999
Fisheries (Northland Scallop Fishery Season) Notice 1998
Fisheries (Northland Scallop Total Allowable Commercial Catch) Notice 1998
Fisheries (Quota Management Areas, Total Allowable Catches and Catch Histories) Notice 1986
Fisheries (Southern Scallop Fishery Season) Notice 1999
Fisheries (Squid Quota Management Areas, Total Allowable Catches and Catch Histories) Notice 1987
Fisheries (Total Allowable Catch) Notice (No2) 1997
Fisheries (Total Allowable Catches) Notice 1998
Fisheries (Total Allowable Catches) Notice (No2) 1998
Fisheries (Conversion Factors) Notice 1999
Fisheries (Foveaux Strait Dredge Oyster Fishery) Notice 1999
Fisheries (Foveaux Strait Dredge Oyster Fishery) Notice 2000
Fisheries (Nelson/Marlborough Dredge Oyster
Fishery Season) Notice (No. 2) 1999
Fisheries (Notification of Proposal to Establish Whakapuaka Taiapure - Local Fishery) Notice 1999
Fisheries (Rock Lobster Total Allowable Catches) Notice 1999
Fisheries (Rock Lobster Total Allowable Commercial Catches) Notice 1999
Fisheries (Southern Blue Whiting Total Allowable Catch) Notice 2000
Fisheries (Southern Scallop Fishery Season) Notice (No. 2) 1999
Fisheries (Total Allowable Catches) Notice 1999 Orders
Commodity Levies (Southern Scallops) Order 1996
Fisheries Act Commencement Order 1996
Fisheries Act Commencement Order (No 2) 1996
Fisheries Act Commencement Order 1997
Fisheries Act Commencement Order (No 2) 1997
Fisheries Act Commencement Order 1998
Fisheries Amendment Act Commencement Order 1990
Fisheries (Cost Recovery Levies) Order 1998
Fisheries (Crown Contribution) Order 1995
Fisheries (Expiry of Southern Scallop Levy Provisions) Order 1996
Fisheries (Foveaux Strait Dredge Oyster Fishery) Decontrolling Order 1997
Fisheries (Hauraki Gulf Wetfish Controlled Fishery) Cancellation Order 1986
Fisheries (Lake Ellesmere Eel Fishery) Decontrolling Order 1997
Fisheries (Maketu Taiapure) Order 1996
Fisheries (Palliser Bay Taiapure) Order 1995
Fisheries (Porangahou Taiapure) Order 1996
Fisheries (Quota Operations Validation Appointment Date) Order 1997
Fisheries (Rock Lobster Total Allowable Commercial Catch) Order 1996
Fisheries (Southern Scallop Fishery Annual Allowable Catch) Order 1995
Fisheries (Waikare Inlet Taiapure) Order 1997 Treaty of Waitangi (Fisheries Claims) Settlement Act Commencement Order 1992
Fisheries Act 1996 Commencement Order 1999
Fisheries (Cost Recovery Levies) Order 1999
Fisheries (Cost Recovery Levies) Order (No. 2) 1999
Fisheries (Crown Contribution) Order 1999
Fisheries (East Otago Taiapure) Order 1999

1. Administered by Ministry of Fisheries and Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry