Aquaculture Exclusion Areas

In accordance with Section 165W(1) of the Resource Management Act 1991, the Canterbury Regional Council hereby identifies the areas in the Canterbury Coastal Marine Area listed and defined in the table below, as excluded areas under that section. The consequence of this notice is that should the Canterbury Regional Council, in accordance with Section 165Z(1) of the Resource Management Act, invite any person to request a change to a regional coastal plan
or a proposed regional coastal plan to establish an aquaculture management area, Section 165X of the Resource Management Act prevents aquaculture management areas from being established in any of the following areas:

Excluded Area Number	Definition of Area	RCEP Page Reference	Map Reference Regional Coastal Environment Plan Volume 2
Area 1  View the map	All of that area identified in Schedule 5.5.7 of the Canterbury Regional Coastal Environment Plan as Area of Significant Natural Value 10-118, Whale, Dolphin & Hutton’s Shearwater Area	Volume 1 Schedule 5 page 191	7.7
Area 2  View the map	All of that area identified in Schedule 5.5.8 of the Canterbury Regional Coastal Environment Plan as Area of Significant Natural Value 10-121, Conway River Mouth Lagoons.	Volume 1 Schedule 5 Page 191	7.8
Area 3  View the map	All of that area identified in Schedule 5.5.9 of the Canterbury Regional Coastal Environment Plan as Area of Significant Natural Value 12-001, Waiau River Mouth/Shag Rock Coastline.	Volume 1 Schedule 5 Page 192	7.9
Area 4  View the map	All of that area identified in Schedule 5.5.10 of the Canterbury Regional Coastal Environment Plan as Area of Significant Natural Value 12-002, Napenape.	Volume 1 Schedule 5 Page 192	7.10
Area 5  View the map	All of that area identified in Schedule 5.5.12 of the Canterbury Regional Coastal Environment Plan as Area of Significant Natural Value 12-003, Motunau Island.	Volume 1 Schedule 5 Page 192	7.11
Area 6  View the map	All of that area identified in Schedule 5.5.13 of the Canterbury Regional Coastal Environment Plan as Area of Significant Natural Value 12-005, Ashley River/Rakahuri-Saltwater Creek Estuary.	Volume 1 Schedule 5 Page 193	7.12
Area 7  View the map	The area of the mixing zone of the Waimakariri Wastewater outfall, being all that area that is within 200 metres of a line joining the innermost diffuser at Lat 43°21’.9184 S and Long 172° 43’.6379 E and the outermost diffuser at Lat 43° 21’.9185 and Long 172° 43’.7045 E.	N/A	N/A
Area 7A  View the map	The area of the mixing zone of the Christchurch Wastewater outfall, being all that area that is within 250 metres of a line joining the inner diffuser Lat 43º 31’ 22.6076 S and Long 172º 46’ 33.7272 E and outer diffuser at Lat 43º 31’ 19.1014S and Long 172º 46’ 48.9976 E. (WGS1984)	N/A	N/A
Area 8  View the map	All of that area identified in Schedule 5.5.14 of the Canterbury Regional Coastal Environment Plan as Area of Significant Natural Value 12-006, Waimakariri River Mouth & Brooklands Lagoon.	Volume 1 Schedule 5 Page 193	Map 7.13
Area 9  View the map	All of that area identified in Schedule 5.5.15 of the Canterbury Regional Coastal Environment Plan as Area of Significant Natural Value 12-007, Avon-Heathcote Estuary/Ihutai.	Volume 1 Schedule 5 Page 193	Map 7.14
Area 10  View the map	All of that area identified in Schedule 5.5.16 of the Canterbury Regional Coastal Environment Plan as Area of Significant Natural Value 12-008, Scarborough Cliffs and Godley Head.	Volume 1 Schedule 5 Page 193	Map 7.15
Area 11  View the map	All of the Area of Lyttelton Harbour that falls West of a straight line from Godley Head to Adderley Head, with the exception of the Rapaki Mataitai area (which extends from Church Reserve, Cass Bay at 43º 36.78’ S and 172º41.66’ E, to Windy point at 43º 36.895 S and 172º 40.4’ E, and terminates at the Taukahara boundary, at 43º 36.951’ S and 172º 40.95’ E)	N/A	N/A
Area 12  View the map	All of the area of bays in the Banks Peninsula listed and delineated in Schedule 5.13 of the RCEP as being required. “to be maintained in their present natural states, free of additional structures.”	Volume 1 Schedule 5 Pages 208-209	Maps 6.1-6.6
Area 13  View the map	All of the area of the Marine reserve at Flea Bay/Pohatu indicated in the “Marine Reserve (Pohatu) Order 1999” as being “part Pacific Ocean in and adjacent to Flea Bay, shown marked “a” on S.O. Plan 20084 lodged in the office of the Chief Surveyor for the Canterbury Land District.”	N/A	N/A
Area 14  View the map	All of that area identified in Schedule 5.9 of the Canterbury Regional Coastal Environment Plan as the NZ Defence Force Weapons Range/Danger Area and which falls within the Canterbury Coastal Marine Area.	Volume 1 Schedule 5 Page 203	Map 9.1
Area 15  View the map	All of that area identified in Schedule 5.5.28 of the Canterbury Regional Coastal Environment Plan as Area of Significant Natural Value 12-020, Kaitorete.	Volume 1 Schedule 5 Page 196	Map 7.28
Area 16  View the map	All of that area identified in Schedule 5.5.29 of the Canterbury Regional Coastal Environment Plan as Area of Significant Natural Value 12-021, Coopers Lagoon/Muriwai Coastline.	Volume 1 Schedule 5 Page 197	Map 7.24
Area 17  View the map	All of that area identified in Schedule 5.5.30 of the Canterbury Regional Coastal Environment Plan as Area of Significant Natural Value 12-022, Rakaia River Mouth.	Volume 1 Schedule 5 Page 197	Map 7.24
Area 18  View the map	All of that area identified in Schedule 5.5.31 of the Canterbury Regional Coastal Environment Plan as Area of Significant Natural Value 12-023, Ashburton River/Hakatere Mouth.	Volume 1 Schedule 5 Page 197	Map 7.25
Area 19  View the map	All of that area identified in Schedule 5.5.32 of the Canterbury Regional Coastal Environment Plan as Area of Significant Natural Value 12-024, Orari River Mouth & Lagoons and all of that area identified in Schedule 5.5.33 as Area of Significant Natural Value 12-025 Opihi River Mouth and Lagoons.	Volume 1 Schedule 5 Page 197	Map 7.26
Area 20  View the map	All of that area identified in Schedule 5.5.34 of the Canterbury Regional Coastal Environment Plan as Area of Significant Natural Value 12-026, Washdyke (Waitarakoa) Coastline and all of that area identified in Schedule 5.5.35 as Area of Significant Natural Value 12-02 Patiti Point to Tuhawaiki Point.	Volume 1 Schedule 5 Page 197	Map 7.27
Area 21  View the map	All that area identified in Schedule 5.10.2 as the Main Navigational Channel of the Port of Timaru and all of that area identified in Schedule 5.11.2 of the Canterbury Regional Council Coastal Environment Plan as the Operational Area of the Port of Timaru.	Volume 1, Schedule 5 Page 204	Map 5.4 (Navigation Channel) and Map 5.2 (Port Operational Area)
Area 22  View the map	All of the mixing zone for the Timaru Sewage Ocean outfall, being all of the area that falls within the following boundaries: Landward boundary: The landward boundary of the coastal marine area, Northern boundary: A line running perpendicular to the coast that at no point is less than 3 km north of the outfall discharge point Southern boundary:  A line running perpendicular to the coast that at no point is less than 3 km south of the outfall discharge point. Seaward boundary: A line running parallel to the coast, which is at no point less than 300m from the outfall discharge point. For the purposes of this definition, the outfall discharge point is taken to be at K38:751-533 N and K39:710-490 S.
Area 22A  View the map	The mixing zone of the Pareora Sewage Ocean outfall, being all that area of the coastal marine area that is less than 1600 metres from the outfall discharge point, that discharge point being located at map ref J39:685-335.		Map 1.11
Area 23  View the map	All of that area identified in Schedule 5.5.36 of the Canterbury Regional Coastal Environment Plan as Area of Significant Natural Value 12-028, Wainono to Waihao River Mouth.	Volume 1 Schedule 5 Page 198	Map 7.28
Area 24  View the map	All of that area identified in Schedule 5.5.37 of the Canterbury Regional Coastal Environment Plan as Area of Significant Natural Value 12-029, Waitaki River Mouth.	Volume 1 Schedule 5 Page 198	Map 7.29