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Ohinau Aquaculture Limited – Spat Catching Structures - Mercury Bay, Whitianga

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This application is a limited notification.

Please note that the general public and other interested persons cannot make a submission on this application as it is a limited notification only.

Those persons who are deemed to be affected have received a limited notification letter from Waikato Regional Council advising them that they can make a submission on the application lodged with Waikato Regional Council.

Status of application

The application has been notified to 1 affected party and is currently being processed.

About the proposal

Ohinau Aquaculture Limited has lodged an application with Waikato Regional Council to change condition 3(b) of resource consent AUTH139219.01.01 which authorises spat catching structures for a spat catching farm in Mercury Bay.

Resource consent application

Consent application APP148043 was lodged with Waikato Regional Council on 7 August 2025.

This application includes an assessment of environmental effects. Activities are as follows:

APP148043
Activity 1: AUTH139219.01.02 Change condition 3(b) of resource consent AUTH139219.01.01

Application information

Application information is available here for you to download and read.  You can also obtain copies of this information by contacting us on our Resource Use Freephone 0800 800 401.

If you have further questions or would like more information about this application, please contact Christin Atchinson at Waikato Regional Council on 0800 800 401. 

Resource consent application and assessment of environmental effects (AEE)

The consent application lodged with Waikato Regional Council is: