Legislation & policy
Aquaculture
The 1990s saw an acceleration in the growth of New Zealand's aquaculture, or marine farming. Aquaculture is one of the fastest growing areas of the New Zealand seafood industry, making up around 20 percent of the total fisheries value.
Although aquaculture is still a 'sunrise' industry in New Zealand, a number of mussel, salmon, and oyster farms are well established. There are also exciting new developments involving species such as paua and kingfish.
Takutai Trust: Submission to Northland Regional Council
Click here to view the submission by Takutai Trust – the Maori Commercial Aquaculture Settlement Trust – to Northland Regional Council on the Regional Coastal Plan for Northland: Proposed Plan Change 4, Policy and Regulatory Regime for Aquaculture Management Areas and Proposed Threshold Test for Invited Private Plan Change Requests.
Iwi Aquaculture Workshop, November 2006
An Iwi Aquaculture Workshop was held in Nelson on 24 November 2006, organised by Te Ohu Kai Moana Trustee Limited as corporate trustee of Takutai Trust, the Maori Commercial Aquaculture Settlement Trust. Click here to view the summary and presentations.
Aquaculture Reform Act 2004
This important piece of legislation came into effect on 1 January 2005. It aims to provide greater clarity and certainty about how the industry is managed in New Zealand.
As part of these reforms, the Government proposes to settle Māori claims to commercial aquaculture by providing iwi with 20 percent of marine farming space since 1992 and 20 percent of any future new space..
The Aquaculture Reform Act 2004 amends five existing Acts and creates two new Acts. You can access all of these Acts through the Ministry for the Environment website at www.mfe.govt.nz/issues/resource/aquaculture.
To view the Māori Commercial Aquaculture Claims Settlement Act 2004 click here. (PDF - 137kb)
The role Te Ohu Kaimoana
The Government wants Te Ohu Kaimoana to act as the trustee for space allocated to iwi until the space is transferred to iwi. Discussions are still continuing on how best to manage this process.
Te Ohu are confident that the settlement proposal has the potential to position iwi as key players in the industry. Te Ohu has been actively supporting iwi in their claim for aquaculture space since the 1990s.
Below are Te Ohu Kaimoana’s submissions to the Primary Production Select Committee in 2004 on the proposed Aquaculture Reforms.
The Aquaculture
Reform Bill, 27September 2004
(PDF
- 238kb)
Supplementary
Submission on the Aquaculture Reform Bill, 27 September 2004
(PDF - 87kb)