Fisheries Act 1983 (No. 14 of 1983).
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Abstract
The scope of the Fisheries Act of 1983, consisting of 7 Parts and three Schedules, apart from the purposes of management and conservation of fisheries and fishery resources within New Zealand and New Zealand fisheries waters, regards making better provision for the recognition of Maori fishing rights secured by the Treaty of Waitangi, facilitating the entry of Maori into, and the development by Maori of, the business and activity of fishing and making better provision for the conservation and management of the rock lobster fishery. Part IIA gives statutory implementation to a quota management system. Within this shall be established quota management areas, provisional maximum individual transferable quotas, guaranteed minimum individual transferable quotas and individual transferable quotas. The Minister of Fisheries, after consultation with the Fishing Industry Board, may declare the taking of any species or class of fish in any specified quota management area to be subject to the quota management system and may specify the total allowable catch available for commercial fishing in each quota management area. The Director-General of Agriculture and Fisheries shall make an allocation of provisional maximum individual transferable quotas in accordance with a specified method.
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An Act to consolidate and reform the law relating to the management and conservation of fisheries and fishery resources within New Zealand and New Zealand fisheries waters.
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Last amendments up to Criminal Procedure Act 2011 (2011 No 81): section 413. Reprinted as at 1 July 2013.
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English
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repealed
Legislation Amendment
No
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