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Fisheries Act 1983

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Fisheries Act 1983

New Zealand Parliament
Long title An Act to consolidate and reform the law relating to the management and conservation of fisheries and fishery resources within New Zealand and New Zealand fisheries waters
Royal assent	23 September 1983
Commenced	1 October 1983
Related legislation
Fisheries Act 1996
Status: Current legislation

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establishing the Quota Management System, one of the first individual fishing quota systems.^[1] The Act was largely repealed with the passage of the Fisheries Act 1996.

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^ Ian Smith, Rowan Taylor, ed. (1997). The State of New Zealand's Environment 1997. Wellington, N.Z: Ministry for the Environment. ISBN 0478090005.

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