111Declaration of restricted fisheries

111 Declaration of restricted fisheries

111 Declaration of restricted fisheries

(1) The regulations may declare that a fishery (not being a share management fishery in respect of which shares issued in the fishery have taken effect) is a restricted fishery for the purposes of this Act.

(2) The fishery may be described in the declaration as an exploratory, developmental or other class of restricted fishery.

(3) Before a fishery is declared to be a restricted fishery, the Minister is required to consult relevant commercial or recreational fishing industry bodies about the proposed declaration and to notify the proposal publicly.

(4) A fishery that is declared to be a restricted fishery ceases to be a restricted fishery if the declaration is revoked by the regulations or if the period (if any) specified by the regulations as the period during which the fishery is a restricted fishery expires.

Note.

A fishery also ceases to be a restricted fishery if it becomes a limited access share management fishery—see section 55.

s 111: Am 1996 No 141, Sch 1 [11]; 2004 No 26, Sch 1 [36]; 2009 No 114, Sch 1 [57] [58].