1 Sept 2021
ROYAL FOREST AND BIRD PROTECTION SOCIETY OF NEW ZEALAND INCORPORATED v MINISTER OF FISHERIES [2021] NZHC 2282
- Citation
- [2021] NZHC 2282
- Court
- High Court
The Court granted a partial stay: it stayed that part of the High Court judgment directing the Minister to make TAC/TACC decisions for East Coast tarakihi to have effect from 1 October 2021 (paras [218] and [219]) until the Minister has received and had the opportunity to consider the updated East Coast tarakihi stock assessment, after balancing factors including risk of irreparable economic harm to industry and iwi, the truncated consultation process, the proximity of new scientific information which may be the best available information, and the need not to render the appeal nugatory.
- Total allowable catch (tac) and total allowable commercial catch (tacc)
- Interpretation of fisheries act 1996 s13(2)(b) (rebuild period appropriate to the stock)
- Stay pending appeal vs interim relief
- Best available information (s2 and s10)
- Consultation obligations
- Rebuild to maximum sustainable yield (msy)