The Fisheries Act 1983 is an Act of Parliament in
New Zealand. An important provision of the Act was establishing the
Quota Management System, one of the first
individual fishing quota systems.
The Act was largely repealed with the passage of the
Fisheries Act 1996
The Fisheries Act 1996 is a New Zealand Act of Parliament. It is divided into five areas: recreational, customary, environmental, commercial and international fishing. It is currently administered by the Ministry of Primary Industries, but was ...
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See also
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Fisheries Act
Fisheries Act (with its variations) is a stock short title used for legislation in multiple countries relating to fisheries. The Bill for an Act with this short title will have been known as a Fisheries Bill during its passage through Parliament ...
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Fishing industry in New Zealand
As with other countries, New Zealand’s 200 nautical miles exclusive economic zone gives its fishing industry special fishing rights. It covers 4.1 million square kilometres. This is the sixth largest zone in the world, and is fourteen times th ...
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Text of the Act
Statutes of New Zealand
Fishing in New Zealand
1983 in New Zealand law
Fisheries law