End of year updates from Te Ohu Kaimoana Nau mai Maru Samuels Te Ohu Kaimoana is proud to announce the appointment of Maru Samuels (Ngāi Te Rangi, Te Rarawa, Ngai Takoto) as an Alternate Director to the Board of Te Ohu Kaimoana. Maru brings with him a wealth of fisheries management experience and policy knowledge currently serving as a Director for Ngāti Maru (Taranaki) Fishing Company Limited, DeepWater Group, Trident Systems, Inshore JV [...]
In early December, policy analyst Te Aomihia Walker attended the 16th Regular Session of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (commonly known as the Pacific Tuna Commission) in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. This Commission sees Pacific nations, New Zealand, Australia, Canada, Indonesia, USA, China, the EU and Japan meet to address problems in the management of high seas fisheries resulting from: unregulated fishing over-capitalization excessive fleet capacity vessel re-flagging to escape controls [...]
Te Ohu Kaimoana is pleased the government is consulting on options to improve the allocation and transfer processes provided for in the Maori Commercial Aquaculture Claims Settlement Act 2004. Consultation officially began on 28 November 2019 with the release of a discussion document that proposes different options for enabling the allocation of aquaculture settlement assets to Iwi in accordance with the Act. The discussion document is based on a proposal we co-developed with Iwi in 2018 [...]
Te Ohu Kaimoana has welcomed three summer interns. This is the second year we've offered internships to university students over the summer. It's a great opportunity to: introduce our rangatahi to the policy mahi we do in fisheries and aquaculture work on a project that develops their skills and interests build networks and experience by working in a Māori organisation. We've enjoyed having Reto, Ants and Kiri in the office over the last [...]
