Submissions closed 15 February 2022.
This application is notified under regulation 11(1) of the Marine Mammals Protection Regulations 1992. The Minister of Conservation has received an application for a marine mammal permit for a term of five years.
Application details
Applicant: Jet Junkies Limited
Location of proposed activity: Lyttelton Harbour
Permission type: Marine mammal permit
Summary of proposal: The application is for commercial vessel based marine mammal viewing in Lyttelton Harbour and the surrounding heads.
Application documents:
Submissions
A total of 216 submissions were received. Of those, 7 support granting the application, 207 oppose it, and 2 submissions are neutral. The submissions and their attachments can be viewed from the links below.
Submissions have been compiled into 5 PDF documents and page numbers have been added. Note: If the submission had a PDF attachment, we have not added our own page number to that PDF attachment.
You can review the index to find a submitter name, then view the relevant file and page number to find their submission.
- Index (PDF, 209K)
- File 1a (PDF, 4,112K)
- File 1b (PDF, 2,387K)
- File 1c (PDF, 5,171K)
- File 1d (PDF, 7,118K)
- File 1e (PDF, 1,871K)
Redactions of contact details, and other information, have been made in accordance with the Official Information Act 1982 as shown.
What happens next
- DOC has analysed and considered the submissions using the criteria and requirements under the Marine Mammals Protection Regulations 1992, specifically regulations 6 and 7.
- DOC will fully assess the application under the Marine Mammals Protection Regulations 1992 and in light of our section 4 treaty obligations.
- A recommendation will be made to a decision maker about whether or not to grant a permit under the Marine Mammals Protection Regulations 1992.
- The decision maker will decide whether or not to grant the permit.
Decision
Jet Junkies Limited have withdrawn their application for a marine mammal permit. No formal decision has been made.
Report
Jet Junkies Limited - Draft Permissions Decision Support Document (PDF, 1,149K)
Contact
If you have a question about the application or the submission process you can contact Michael Dine, Permissions Advisor.