Orange roughy ban lifted
Parliamentary reporter The ban on orange roughy fishing during August and September has been lifted by the Government. Amendments to the Fisheries (General) Regulations, 1950, came into force on August 10. More orange roughy was in New Zealand’s exclusive economic zone than had been thought, said the Minister of Fisheries, Mr Mclntyre. As fisheries legislation made it an offence to fish outside the zone when fishing inside was prohibited,
the removal of the ban would allow New Zealand companies holding quota allocations under the Government’s deepwater fishing policy to take advantage of orange roughy stocks. The regulations had also banned the use of teeth on scallop dredges while the southern scallop fishery was open during September and October, he said. It was the first time in two years that the fishery had been open, and the prohibition had been imposed to protect the scallop beds.
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Press, 25 August 1983, Page 12
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