Fisheries Law is a specialised reference for anyone required to provide advice or to research information relating to the regulation and management of New Zealand’s fisheries.

First published in 1995, Fisheries Law contains full commentary and analysis of the Fisheries Act 1996, with extensive links to other legislation and regulations covering the management, conservation and farming of fisheries resources.

Detailed references to case law which interprets the legislation are also included. Relatively few fisheries cases have been reported, and this makes Fisheries Law a valuable resource for everyone who needs to track Court decisions on fisheries regulation.

The service also contains a comprehensive collection of the regulations, notices and orders which impose regulatory requirements both nationally and regionally.

As well as section-by-section analysis, Fisheries Law also contains a number of overviews of fisheries law in New Zealand, placing legislation and regulatory provisions in their historical context and allowing easy tracking of the relationships between repealed and current legislation.

Maori fisheries receive detailed treatment, with extensive coverage of the historical development and reasons for the legislation in force today.

Fisheries Law is an essential reference for anyone providing legal advice to fishing industry participants or any organisation or business involved in the fishing industry.

Introduction to Fisheries Law

• History and Overview of fisheries law in New Zealand

Fisheries Act 1996

• Introduction to the Act and its scheme
• Fisheries Act 1996 consolidated with all amendments and section-by-section commentary and analysis
• Comparative Table of sections in Fisheries Act 1996 and Fisheries Act 1983

Fisheries Act 1996 Amendment Acts

Fisheries Act 1983

Fisheries (Quota Operations Validation) Act 1997

Maori Fisheries

• Treaty of Waitangi (Fisheries Claims) Settlement Act 1992
• Deed of Settlement
• Maori Fisheries Act 2004
• Maori Commercial Aquaculture Claims Settlement Act 2004

Fisheries Regulations

• Amateur Fishing (national and regional)
• Commercial Fishing (national and regional)
• Commodity Levies
• Cost recovery
• Customary
• Fisheries Act 1996 Amendment Regulations
• Transitional Provisions
• General
• Marine Farming and Marine Reserves
• Prohibition Notices
• Quotas/Allowable Catch
• Recordkeeping
• Regional
• Reporting
• Revoked legislation

Related Legislation

Appendix Material

Subject Index

Tables of Statutes and Regulations and Cases

Media Types

Online

ProView

Looseleaf

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