option4 Update # 44 July 2004 |
Your Right to Fish |
Private or Public Foreshore |
NZ Fishing News Update # 44 July 2004 Privatisation of public resources has been happening at breakneck speed in the past few years. Our fisheries have been divided into tradeable quotas and now, it seems, we could lose our common law rights to the foreshore… https://www.option4.co.nz/Updates_and_Alerts/nzfnupdate44704.htm |
NZRFC Conference Brief report on the NZRFC conference held in Whangarei including an insight into how the political parties view fisheries management and other issues https://option4.co.nz/Updates_and_Alerts/nzfnupdate44704.htm#rfc |
Fisheries Management |
Kahawai |
Decision due The Minister is due to make his decision very soon. We anticipate it will be later this week. Standby for the biggest decision David Benson-Pope has had to make so far in his role as our Minister of Fisheries. |
Must read – Northland Conservation Board's submission including a radical proposal to reduce TAC by 10% for conservation purposes. https://www.option4.co.nz/Fisheries_Mgmt/kahsncb.htm |
| Kahawai should be returned to the public July 2004 Press release from option4 |
Letter to DoC July 2004 option4 write to the manager of the Marine Conservation Unit expressing concern about DoC's inaction during the kahawai process in relation to seabirds and mammals. https://www.option4.co.nz/Fisheries_Mgmt/kahl_mcu.htm |
Stuffing around our kahawai stocks July 2004 What will he do? The country's kahawai stocks are about to be divvied up by a Minister of Fisheries fresh to the job and with little knowledge of it…… https://www.option4.co.nz/Fisheries_Mgmt/kahanzfw.htm |
Diverse perspectives July 2004 A compilation of submissions on the proposal to introduce kahawai into the Quota Management System. https://www.option4.co.nz/Fisheries_Mgmt/kahawai.htm |
Aquaculture |
| No court time and no new date set. Update on the appeal to allow mussel farms in Port Fitzroy, Great Barrier Island. |
Marine Protection |
Mimiwhangata marine reserve July 2004 DoC have initiated another marine reserve proposal. This time it is to change the Mimiwhangata marine park to a marine reserve. The proposal document and related information can be found here.. https://www.doc.govt.nz/Conservation/Marine-and-Coastal/Marine-Reserves/Mimiwhangata-Marine-Reserve-Proposal.asp |
Great Barrier Island DoC have not released the application for a marine reserve yet but it's not far away. Expected release date was July 17, no sign of it yet. |
| Still no mention of a coordinated, integrated approach to marine protection. https://www.option4.co.nz/Updates_and_Alerts/nzfnupdate43604.htm |
News & Issues |
Sand and Sea AGM - Be There and Be Positive July 2004 The group established in response to the West Coast Marine Park proposal are holding their AGM on Thursday 29 July. Venue: Deerstalkers Hall, 7 Target Road, Point Chevalier, Auckland. Time: 7.30pm Please attend and contribute to the ongoing effort to maintain access to our wild west coast. After reading the Mimiwhangata proposal how long do you think it will be before this becomes a marine reserve proposal? https://www.sandandsea.co.nz |
NZCCC Press Release July 2004 NZCCC chairman reacts to DoC's move to destroy a family's bush hideaway after 18 years of enjoyment. |
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