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Cover Letter for Snapper 8
Ministry
of Fisheries
1
July 2005
Dear Stakeholder
REVIEW OF SUSTAINABILITY
MEASURES AND OTHER MANAGEMENT CONTROLS FOR THE 2005-06 FISHING YEAR
Each year the Ministry
of Fisheries (MFish) undertakes a process to review the management
measures for some of New Zealand's fisheries. The Initial Position
Paper (IPP) provides you with MFish's initial position on the sustainability
measures and other management controls being reviewed for the 2005-06
fishing year. The IPP includes the rationale to support each proposal
and a preliminary recommendation.
The purpose of this letter
is to invite you to participate in this review process.
This annual review of fisheries
management measures primarily focuses on commitments already made
to review certain fishstocks and on urgent issues that present a
high level of risk or opportunity.
The proposals considered
in the IPP include:
- Deemed values review;
- Fishstocks for review – elephant fish (ELE 3 & 5),
flatfish (FLA 1), grey mullet GMU 1), hake (HAK 7), hoki
(HOK 1) (update only), rig (SPO 1 & 3) and snapper (SNA 8);
- Regulatory proposals; and
- Conversion factors review.
MFish welcomes written
submissions on the proposals contained within the IPP. Written submissions
are due by Friday, 29 July 2005 and should be posted to Kristin
Philbert, Ministry of Fisheries, PO Box 1020, Wellington.
Alternatively, electronic submissions can be emailed to kristin.philbert@fish.govt.nz
.
A copy of the IPP will shortly
be available from MFish's website at www.fish.govt.nz
.
Should you wish to receive
further information about any of the proposals contained within
the IPP, please contact:
- Arthur Hore, Senior Fisheries Management Advisor, pelagic fisheries,
Auckland, (09) 820 1990
- Jodi Mantle, Senior Fisheries Management Advisor, northern inshore
fisheries, Auckland, (09) 820 1990
- Scott Williamson, Senior Fisheries Management Advisor, central
inshore fisheries, Nelson, (03) 548 1069
- Jim Cornelius, Senior Fisheries Management Advisor, deep-water
fisheries, Nelson, (03) 548 1069
- Rose Grindley, Senior Fisheries Management Advisor, southern
inshore fisheries, Dunedin, (03) 474 0333
Finally, we note that all
submissions that are received for the purposes of the sustainability
measures process are publicly available under the Official Information
Act 1982. Should any person or organisation wish for any information
contained in their submission to be withheld under the Act, the
grounds for withholding the information must be provided in the
submission.
Yours sincerely
Peter Schroder
Manager Stock Strategies
Fisheries Operations
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