The MFish
deadline for submissions to the Kahawai IPP was extended to 16
April 2004.
option4 have
left you the opportunity to have your say despite the deadline date.
Kahawai are being introduced
into the Quota Management System (QMS) on 1 October 2004. The Ministry
of Fisheries has issued their management proposal in a document,
the Initial Position Paper (IPP). The original submission deadline
was 27 February 2004.
Please take the time
to read the information provided and support option4 in our stance
to protect this fishery. Details include:
| KAHAWAI |
| option4's
Dissection and Rebuttal |
| The
IPP with option4's dissection of the kahawai paper, section
by section A MUST read if you want to understand
our concerns
(Black text indicates
MFish comment; blue text is option4's comment). |
Feb
2004
|
| Kahawai
Survey |
| Take a couple of minutes to share your fishing
experience and contribute to the option4 effort to maintain
this important fishery for the public. |
Feb
2004
|
| Background Information Package |
| Kahawai
scarcity impacts on research
Niwa have not been
able to collect enough kahawai from boat ramp surveys to complete
their research despite increasing their effort. |
Apr
2004
|
Alert #6 - Save our
kahawai
Tell the fishery managers how you feel about the Ministry of
Fisheries proposal to take your kahawai and give it away in
perpetuity to the commercial sector. STOP this madness NOW |
Apr 2004
|
| Ministers
Alert #6 response
The Minister of
Fisheries responds to the public who have submitted to the
kahawai IPP and option4 Alert #6 |
Apr 2004
|
| Mark Feldman responds to the letter from
the new Minister of Fisheries on the Ministry's stance. |
Mar 2004
|
| The Minister, David Benson - Pope writes
to Mark Feldman regarding the bias in the Ministry's advice
paper. |
Mar 2004
|
The
Prime Minister is asked to intervene and restore the historical
rights of all New Zealanders and to correct past injustices
dictated by the Ministry of Fisheries. |
Mar 2004
|
| Mark Feldman is an experienced campaigner
when it comes to the kahawai fishery. Read his latest letter
to the Minister of Fisheries. |
Feb
2004
|
| The Ministry respond to requests for an
extension to the submission period for kahawai. |
Feb 2004
|
| option4 write to MFish requesting a one
month extension to the submission period. |
4 Feb
2004
|
| An excellent letter from the NZ Recreational
Fishing Council also requesting an extension to the submission
period. |
Feb 2004
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| Mark Feldman's opinion on the impact of
the target purse seine fishery on catch rates of kahawai. |
Feb 2004
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| An excellent description of the allocation
process by Steve Radich. |
Feb 2004
|
| NZBGFC summary of the kahawai proposal,
issues and suggestions on what you can do |
Jan 2004
|
| It was recognised in 1990 that kahawai needed
better management. The proposal put forward recognises concerns
from non commercial fishers. |
July 1990
|
| In 1990 the Minister of Fisheries Ken Shirley
acknowledged concerns about the management of kahawai. |
1990
|
| A landmark report presented to the Ministry
of Fisheries documenting the available evidence "...indicates
a serious loss of access to kahawai for the recreational and
customary fishers." |
Late 1990's
|
| A prophetic article written by Lew Ritchie
in 1987. An insight into the Troubled Waters for Kahawai |
1987
|
| A
brief comment on kahawai fishing in the Bay of Islands since
1994 by Steve Radich |
Jan 2004
|
| Kahawai fishing north of Coromandel and
how its changed by Keith Williams |
Feb 2004
|
| option4's initiative to gather evidence
to support long held views that the kahawai fishery has been
in decline and impacting on the ability of New Zealanders to
catch a kahawai. |
23 Jan
2004
|
| An email sent to notify as many people as
possible of the upcoming decision regarding kahawai and asking
for input. |
30 Jan
2004
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