Reserve
Application - 2005 |
| Fishing legend Pete Saul urges the Minister
of Fisheries to only provide approval for a reserve 0.5 nautical
miles around the Volkner Rocks, not 1 nautical mile. |
Feb
2005
|
2003 (Documents
in different format) |
| option4 write to DoC asking about the status of the Volkner marine reserve application. |
11 Sep 03
|
| The form offered to the people who sent their
submissions to DoC in January 2003. An opportunity to elaborate
further on their submission after receiving more information
about the application. |
12
Feb 03
|
| Submission by the New Zealand Recreational Fishing
Council in response to the Department's application for a
marine reserve at Te Paepae Aotea (Volkner Rocks). |
14
Jan 03
|
| NZ Big Game Fishing Council have plenty to say
in their submission to the Department of Conservation and
are particularly concerned about lost kingfish research opportunities.
|
14
Jan 03
|
option4
Alert #1
Message sent to
subscribers alerting them to the impending submission closure
period on the Department of Conservation's application for
a marine reserve. |
11
Jan 03
|
| Online submission form provided so people could
have their say on the application from DoC. |
11
Jan 03
|
| Consensus letter requesting time extension for
submissions and the reply from DoC declining the extension
requested. |
10
Jan 03
|
| Why
this proposal is inconsistent with the science objective
of Marine Reserves Act. John Holdsworth explains why the
research aspects of recreational fishing for kingfish will
be affected by this proposal. |
Jan 2003
|
| NZRFC
Press release
Ross Gildon makes
a series of very good points having analysed the minutes
of the steering committee (obtained under the Official Information
Act). This document seriously questions the process adopted
to date…. |
8
Jan 03
|
2002
(Documents in different format) |
The
Final Act
Rick Pollock outlines
the process followed by DoC and the steering committee and
highlights a number of obvious flaws… |
Dec
2002
|
Marine
Reserve Application
The Department
of Conservation's marine reserve application as available
on the DoC website. |
Nov
2002
|
In
Pursuit - Special Edition
Rick Pollock outlines
the history of the Volkners area, measures adopted by charter
operators to manage sustainably, history of the Marine Reserve
proposal and anomalies in process..... |
Jun
2002
|
