List of letters sent by the Ministry of Fisheries related to commercial fish harvesting

This list includes "bulk mail outs" only. It does not include letters sent to only one or two fishers. Follow the link to see the letter (all in Word document format unless specified otherwise).

Date sent	Letter relates to	Sent to
12 July 1994	Completion of CELRs for the scallop fishery	All Auckland Fishery Management Area Scallop Fishers
20 September 1995	Reporting requirement for the Coromandel scallop fishery 1995/96	Coromandel scallop fishers
18 October 1995	Minimum trawl cod-end mesh sizes	Trawl and Danish seine vessels
Before 1 August 1996	Reporting requirements for SNA1 & SNA8	Permit holders targeting SNA1 and SNA8 by the method of Danish seine
26 August 1996	Southern scallop fishery – weekly reporting requirement	All LFRs
28 October 1997	Introduction of Statistical Areas Maps for PAU5	PAU5 fishers
24 November 1997	Reporting and record keeping of landed states	All LFRs
22 December 1997	Amendment of PAU5B statistical areas	PAU5 fishers
28 January 1998	Completion of TCEPR returns	All clients filling TCEPR forms
23 February 1998	Completion of LFRRs	All LFRs
2 March 1998	Reporting requirements for SNA1 & SNA8	Permit holders targeting SNA1 and SNA8 by the method of trawling
20 March 1998	Foveaux Strait dredge oyster fishery	Oyster industry
24 April 1998	Catch monitoring of southern bluefin tuna for 1998 season	Southern bluefin tuna fishers
10 August 1998	Reporting requirements for SNA1 & SNA8	Permit holders targeting SNA1 and SNA8 by the method of trawling in QMA1, 8 and 9.
29 September 1998	Reporting of dark ghost shark & pale ghost shark	Permit holders and LFRs
7 December 1998	Headed gutted and finned – broadbill swordfish	Permit holders and LFRs
13 October 1998	Introduction of dark ghost shark into QMS	Permit holders and LFRs
12 July 1999	New species code for pale ghost shark	Permit holders and LFRs
27 August 1999	Amended permit schedule for southern blue whiting in area 6	Permit holders
22 September 1999	Reporting requirements for southern blue whiting	Permit holders
Before 1 April 1999	Reporting requirements for snapper in area 1 & 8	Permit holders targeting SNA1 and SNA8 by the method of trawling (trawlers under 28 m) in QMA1, 8 and 9.
15 February 2000	Change to general statistical areas map	Permit holders
26 June 2000	Reporting requirements for tuna species on CELRs	Tuna fishers
29 September 2000	Reporting requirements for landed states	Fishing permit holders
4 October 2000	South Island eels	LFRs
29 June 2001	Reporting of Pacific bluefin tuna	Fishing permit holders and LFRs
21 September 2001 (PDF document)	Revised period for furnishing CLRs and TLCERs in the tuna longline fishery.	Tuna longline fishing permit holders.

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