Haratua 2007
Issue 12

  1. New Shared Fisheries Proposal Put to Minister
  2. Scientists survey Taharoa eel populations
  3. Busy year begins with mandating iwi and protecting the settlement
  4. Ngai Tamanuhiri achieves inshore fisheries agreement
  5. Rob McLeod stands down from board
  6. Kiwis well-informed on sustainability and the health benefits of fish
  7. AFL buys Kia Ora Seafoods
  8. Maori shared fisheries submissions
  9. Maori MPs intervention delays introduction of Fisheries Amendment Bill
  10. Sealord CEO moves to new role
  11. Napier Fisheries Conference
  12. Panel airs shared fisheries views
  13. Glaister resigns as head of MFish
  14. Commercial fisheries valued at $3.8 billion
  15. Staying Maori while going global
  16. Court delivers judgement on Kahawai allowable catch
  17. Government approves industry-led proposal to protect seabed
  18. Ngai Tahu says eel size limits ineffectual
  19. More assets in iwi hands first half of financial year
  20. High seas limit on bottom trawl fishing
  21. Kirsty Woods takes leave of absence
  22. Changes to Charitable Trust laws
  23. Staff and Directors
  24. New Executive Assistant

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High seas limit on bottom trawl fishing

Fishers will have to limit the areas where they use bottom trawl fishing, following a recent meeting Chile.

Seafood Industry Council spokesperson, Alistair McFarlane, says an agreement was reached not to bottom trawl beyond areas where the practice is already carried out. He says there will be no exploration of new areas while negotiations on a regional fishing agreement are continuing.

The decision was made at the 3rd International Meeting on the Establishment of a South Pacific RFMO held in Renaca, Chile.

The interim measures are to apply from 30 September 2007 until the establishment of a South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organisation. The measures, however, are voluntary and are not legally binding under international law.

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