| Kahawai Alert - Thank you |
Thank you to everyone who completed our Alert #16 Kahawai survey by Friday 13 August.
Over 1050 people responded to the Alert #16 Kahawai survey. This was the most response we have had to any initiative since 2005. Well done to everyone! |
| Kahawai review 2010 |
Kahawai - stage one completed
Submissions have closed for what is considered the last major review of kahawai stocks by the Ministry and Minister of Fisheries. A plethora of information has been gathered online to make it easier for you to find, download and read.
Please help yourself to the information, some of this material has not been readily accessible in the past. Find out more about the kahawai 2010 process here.........
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Hot Topics |
option4
Update #137
What are the Minister's priorities for kahawai?
Raging controversy and kahawai have become synonymous terms over the past twenty years, but the next few weeks will be most influential....
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Latest News |
Marlborough Blue Cod fishery opening soon?
A controversial closure of the Marlborough Sounds Blue Cod fishery to amateur fishers has generated widespread debate over the past two years. The Ministry of Fisheries is now consulting on proposals to re-open the fishery in 2011, read more here...........
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option4
Update #136
Should we be scared?
option4 agree that more decisive management action needs to be taken due to the lack of information on kahawai numbers. option4 cautions the Minister against claims of 'best available information', especially when that data is contrary to what is happening on the water.
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| Hokianga Accord news |
Accord
Update #36
Accord wary of closed door decision making forums
Despite the progress to accommodate Maori concerns at a national level there is a lack of goodwill being shown to mid north iwi within the Ministry of Fisheries' regional forum process......
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| Accord Update #35 |
Will the mighty kahawai ever be plentiful?
An Update from the Hokianga Accord, the mid north iwi fisheries forum. The Accord supports the joint kahawai submission to MFish. Kahawai need to be protected from industrial harvesting and stocks need to be restored.
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| Foreigners not only fisheries scandal |
There is something more toxic in our marine environment than the unidentified organism causing havoc around Auckland beaches. Billions of dollars that could have accrued to our national economy have been squandered as a consequence......
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