Rock Lobster Statistical Areas

Rock Lobster Statistical Areas Legal definitions for all Rock Lobster statistical areas were sourced from the Certified Statistical area maps held in Ministry for Primary Industries legal document safe. The Statistical area map for Rock Lobster is Map 6: Rock Lobster Statistical Areas. The seaward boundary of these areas is ambiguously defined, and for the purposes of mapping, has been appriximated to 30 km from the coast. An authoritative coastal boundary of these statistical areas is dependent on the "mean high water mark". An accurate digital version of the mean high water mark for New Zealand does not exist at this stage. This information layer is considered reasonably accurate but not authoritative. All boundaries have been generalised inland where they reach the coastline. An authoritative coastal boundary of these statistical areas is dependent on the "mean high water mark". An accurate digital version of the mean high water mark for New Zealand does not exist at this stage. This information layer is considered reasonably accurate but not authoritative.The outer New Zealand’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) boundary used to created these statistical areas was sourced from Land Information New Zealand (LINZ).