August 23, 2018
A land-all catch policy is variously promoted as a way of reducing recreational fishing activity and related mortality, assuming that once the bag limit is caught the person will stop fishing. There are good reasons why LegaSea does not support a land-all catch policy being applied to recreational fishing, including the following – People will […]
August 23, 2018
Specific restrictions on commercial fishing apply in many parts of the Bay of Islands. Some restrictions apply only to the southern areas of the Bay, others regulations apply to the whole inner Bay of Islands. A rahui, customary management area, applies in Maunganui Bay, around the sunken wreck the Canterbury and Deep Water Cove in […]
August 23, 2018
In 2014 the Ministry for Primary Industries answered a range of questions relating to the charter boat reporting scheme. In this document they discuss what species must have their catch reported, why those species were chosen and what areas those reporting requirements apply to. We do not have an updated copy of questions and answers […]
August 23, 2018
Prior to modern fishing fisheries were assumed to be at around 100% of virgin stock size. Industrial fishing reduced many inshore fish stocks to very low levels. A stock size of 40% of the unfished size (B40) is the contemporary estimate of the stock size that will produce the maximum sustainable yield (MSY). B40 is […]
August 23, 2018
There is a small area at the north end of Bream Bay that prohibits purse seine nets. This area runs from Busby Head at the Whangarei Harbour entrance to about half way between Marsden Point and the Ruakaka River mouth. Trawl and Danish seine nets are excluded from a much larger area in the inner […]
August 23, 2014
The Crayfish 3 policy is a document developed by the Gisborne Tatapouri Sports Fishing Club and the New Zealand Sport Fishing Council in 2014. It is aimed at increasing the size and abundance of crayfish in the eastern region. The policy applies on the North Island’s southeast coast, from the area south of East Cape […]
May 22, 2020
The Rescue Fish policy and background material were sent to the Prime Minister and Ministers for Maori Crown Relations: Te Arawhiti, Finance, Environment and Fisheries on 24 April 2020. A discussion with the Minister of Fisheries Stuart Nash was due in early May. Presentations were made earlier in 2020 to the Labour Party Maori Caucus; […]
May 22, 2020
The time is right, politically and socially, to present the Rescue Fish policy. The Covid-19 crisis has highlighted the vulnerability of many families and communities unable to access adequate food. Food security must be a priority. Reforming fisheries so there is more fish in the water and available makes sense. There is political appetite for […]
May 22, 2020
LegaSea and the New Zealand Sport Fishing Council are proposing reforms to make fisheries more abundant because there is public support for change. The public is increasingly concerned at the loss of abundance in coastal waters, the environmental effects of poor land management and the ongoing seabed damage from bottom trawling and dredging.
May 22, 2020
Yes. 70% think reform is needed. What’s more, research shows that 67% of people want the Government to do work to reform fisheries to make sure they become abundant and so commercial fishers pay a resource rental, while just 2% oppose. Horizon Research Fisheries Policy survey May 2019.
