Teohu Kaimoana - iKarere Issue 12

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In this issue of iKARERE:

Govt proposes changes to aquaculture bill
AFL's half-year report
Weaving together common fishing interests
Update of fisheries management work



		BREAKING NEWS: Fisheries Minister Phil Heatley has announced a raft of Supplementary Order Papers (SOPs) that will strengthen the proposed Aquaculture Legislation Amendment Bill (No.3) currently being discussed in Parliament. Importantly, they include mechanisms for effectively delivering the Maori Commercial Aquaculture Settlement to Iwi as well as changes to the processes that consider how to reconcile the competing interests between aquaculture and commercial fishing. Te Ohu Kaimoana believes the SOPs will provide benefits to Iwi. An analysis of the changes will be provided to Iwi in a special edition of iKarere soon. Minister's statement can be found here: http://beehive.govt.nz/release/amendments-will-unleash-maori-aquaculture


		Aotearoa Fisheries Limited recently reported its six-month results for the 2011 financial year. All of AFL’s divisions, except for the Aquaculture Division, have delivered results ahead of the same time last year. This is despite a subdued domestic market. Consolidated profit for the six months ending 31 March 2011 was $23.1 million, compared to $17.9 million for the same period a year ago. The Aquaculture Division, while better than expected, has been affected by an exotic virus that causes mortality of juvenile oysters, and this has impacted on the North Island oyster farms resulting in higher farms costs and less product to sell. The full impact is likely to be felt by all oyster farmers over the 2011 harvesting season. Strong international demand and whitefish and mussel prices reaching near-record highs, combined with good catches of some fish species and tight management costs contributed to an improved result for Sealord Group for the period. These gains, however, were offset by the increasingly strong New Zealand dollar, reaching above USD$0.87c lately. AFL expects trading conditions in the second half of this financial year to remain largely unchanged, although the continuing increase in fuel prices and the volatility of the New Zealand dollar will restrain profitability. A copy of the half-year report can be found here: http://afl.maori.nz/documents/InterimReport2011-15.07.11.pdf


		The different fisheries sectors in New Zealand are too often pitted against each other as they argue for priority but iwi can improve their opportunities and gain increased benefit through greater collaboration. Click here to read more>>

This area is dedicated to keeping you informed and up to date on the fisheries issues, projects and legislation that the team at Te Ohu Kaimoana are working on.
Issue and person responsible	Current status	Expected timeframes
Weaving Together Iwi Fishing Interests Laws Lawson / Kirsty Woods	Full distribution to iwi of the working document on “Weaving Together Our Common Interests in Fishing”. Download a copy from our website>>	Hardcopy distributed to iwi; discussions continuing.
Scampi (SCI2) Kirsty Woods	Review of sustainability measures and other management controls for scampi in the Wairarapa Region. See more>>	Submissions close August 12
Special Permits Kirsty Woods	Consultation on a proposed Ministerial Purpose for issuing a special permit.	8 August
Paua2 Alan Riwaka	Consultation on an industry proposal to subdivide Paua2	Hui with Paua2 iwi planned for 24 August
Bluenose Laws Lawson	Te Ohu has supported the combined finfish CSOs' submission which is to request that the Ministry spread a reduction of the BNE TACC over four years. See final submission here>>	Submissions closed 3 August
Blue Cod Tania McPherson	MFish Initial Position Paper on sustainability decision to commence 1 October 2011. See final submission here>>	Submissions closed 29 July
Kingfish Tania McPherson	Review of Sustainability Measures and other management controls for Kingfish 8. See final submission here>>	Submissions closed 29 July
Highly Migratory Species – Pacific Bluefin Kirsty Woods / Tania McPherson	Review of sustainability measures and other management controls for Highly Migratory Species Initial Position Paper from Ministry of Fisheries. See final submission here>>	Submissions closed
Hoki / Orange Roughy Laws Lawson / Kirsty Woods	The Deepwater Working Group has reported back on the condition of the stock. MFish has proposed an option to increase TACC to 130,000. Te Ohu Kaimoana supports DWG option for orange roughy.	Submissions closed
Ribaldo / Rig Alan Riwaka	MFish Initial Position Paper on sustainability decision to commence 1 October 2011. See final submission here>>	Submissions closed 1 August
International Fisheries Strategy Laws Lawson	Strategy is result of joint process (industry, government agencies and NGOs) from 2009, with subsequent additions relating to New Zealand’s engagement on Pacific fisheries issues.	Ongoing
Integrated Planning Kirsty Woods	The iwi of Te Waipounamu have developed a Forum Fisheries Plan. This will form the basis for iwi to identify fisheries priorities, and to identify services to be provided by MFish, Te Ohu and others each financial year.	Ongoing
Information systems Tania McPherson	Developing and trialling new electronic fisheries information collection and reporting tools including a mapping system.	Ongoing
Pataka/Whata Tania McPherson	Pataka extended to two iwi in Te Tai Hauauru: 1. NgatiApa 2. NgatiMutunga Assist Iwi in other regions to set up pataka. 1. NKII 2. BoPiwi	Completed Ongoing
Crabco Laws Lawson / Kirsty Woods	MFish has received an application from NZ Longline Ltd to exceed aggregation limits for two species of deepwater crab. Te Ohu Kaimoana response: see final submission here>>	Closed 18 July 2011


Aquaculture
Offshore Sites Laws Lawson, Basil Tapuke and Raina Meha	Deeds of Settlement to formalise agreement on satisfaction of Crown obligation are now being prepared for Auckland, Bay of Plenty and Hawke’s Bay, while funds for settlement for Marlborough and Canterbury have now been provided to the Trustee.	Ongoing

Reviews of legislation and policy
Reform of the Aquaculture Regime Laws Lawson,	Reform of Aquaculture regime: Aquaculture Settlement and Undue Adverse Effects Test Ensuring that the proposed new regime protects the aquaculture settlement and is relevant to iwi.	Ongoing – expected that Aquaculture legislation will pass through Parliament in this term
Discards - policy Kirsty Woods	Staff are participating in an industry/MFish working group that is reviewing the current regime for managing discarding from fishing vessels. The Group aims to test ideas soon	September
Discards – net trials Laws Lawson	Ngati Kahungunu Iwi Inc and Te Ohu are sponsoring the trialling of new nets that aim to avoid the unintentional catch of small fish.	Report due by end of September

Other Industry info and Events
Aquaculture	New Zealand Aquaculture Conference	Nelson 9 – 10 November 2011

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