§ Mr. Adleyasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will now introduce an order specifically delineating the area of Christchurch Bay as an area where a bay closing line is operative, for the purposes of designation of an inshore fishing area.
§ Mr. BishopChristchurch Bay falls within a recognised bay closing line and is thus within the jurisdiction of the Southern Sea Fisheries Committee. This jurisdiction extends 3 miles seaward of the baselines defined in the Territorial Waters Order in Council 1964 and also landward of those baselines.