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Nov 17, 2010, Rahui Deep Water Cove (Maunganui Bay) - Effective as of 1st Dec 2010

17/11/2010

4.30pm

We have just been notified by Alastair Childs:Fisheries Management-Spatial Allocations:Ministry of Fisheries by email, the email reads as follows:

 

The purpose of this email is to advise you that, pursuant to section 186a of the Fisheries Act 1996, the Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture has agreed to close Maunganui Bay to the take of all species of fish, aquatic life, or seaweed, with the exception of kina, for a period of two years from 1 December 2010 to 30 November 2012.

Please see the attached map of the area included in the temporary closure.

A copy of Fisheries (Maunganui Bay Temporary Closure) Notice 2010 is available online via the Ministry of Fisheries' New Zealand Fisheries InfoSite.

A public notice regarding the temporary closure will be published in The Northern Advocate on Saturday 20 November 2010.
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