Review of Sustainability Measures and Other Management Controls for the 2007-08 Fishing Year

During June and July 2007 the Ministry of Fisheries consulted on amendments to the sustainability measures relating to a number of fishstocks. At the same time consultation on the deemed value rates for a large number of stocks was also undertaken.

A final advice paper (see below) was provided to the Minister of Fisheries in early September and the Minister has now made his decisions, which are contained in the attached decision letter.

 Download the Minister's decision letter (PDF 272KB)

In summary the Minister has decided to:

• Increase the Total Allowable Catch (TAC) for three stocks (school shark and tarakihi in area 1 (SCH1 and TAR1) and the developing Marlborough dredge oyster fishery (OYS7C))
• Decrease the TAC for three of the orange roughy stocks (ORH1, ORH3B and ORH7B), hoki (HOK1), oreo (OEO1), all North Island freshwater eel stocks and the southern flatfish and red cod stocks (FLA3 and RCO3)
• Set a TAC for the new white warehou stock (WWA5B), which has been created by merging the existing WWA5 and WWA6 stocks
• Amend the deemed value rates for approximately 50 stocks

The Ministry's Final Advice Paper to the Minister is also available for download. The paper was split into four volumes - Volume 1 contains Final Advice Papers and Summaries of Submissions for different species; Volume 2 contains Initial Position Papers and Summaries of Submissions for different species; Volume 3 contains all the submissions on Fishstocks; and Volume 4 covers Deemed Values.

Please note - Some of these files are very large and may take time to download. These documents have been compressed to reduce download time. A CD of the four volumes can be made available if you require a higher resolution version or have trouble downloading these documents. To request this CD, please email comms@fish.govt.nz.

Volume 1 - Final Advice Papers and Summaries of Submissions	Volume 2 - Initial Position Papers & Summaries of Submissions
Download full Volume 1 (PDF 4MB)	Download full Volume 2 (PDF 3.6MB)
Introduction (PDF 211KB)	Part 1 - Orange Roughy (PDF 576KB)
Part 1 - Orange Roughy (PDF 704KB)	Part 2 - Hoki, Oreo, Squid, North Island Eels (PDF 492KB)
Part 2 - Hoki, Oreo, Squid, North Island Eels (PDF 457KB)	Part 3 - Flatfish, Red Cod (PDF 389KB)
Part 3 - Flatfish, Red Cod (PDF 243KB)	Part 4 - Tarakihi, School Shark, Dredge Oyster, Rubyfish (PDF 350KB)
Part 4 - Tarakihi, School Shark, Dredge Oyster, White Warehou, Rubyfish (PDF 444KB)
Summary of Recommendations (PDF 84KB)
Volume 3 - Fishstock Submissions	Volume 4 - Deemed Values
Download full Volume 3 (PDF 8.7MB)	Download full Volume 4 (PDF 6MB)
Part 1 (PDF 1.14MB) *	Final Advice Paper (PDF 370KB)
Part 2 (PDF 4MB) **	Appendices (PDF 424KB)
Part 3 (PDF 456KB) ***	Summary of Recommendations (PDF 165KB)
Part 4 (PDF 2.6MB) ****	Initial Position Paper (PDF 722KB)
Part 5 (PDF 855KB) *****	Summary of Submissions (PDF 224KB)
	Submissions (PDF 5MB)

* Part 1 contains submissions from Solander And Aurora Group Of Companies, Seresco Sea Resources Co Ltd, Fisheries Development Solutions, Bruce Dawson, RJ & JE Butts Limited, Betty McNab – Marlborough Recreation Fishers Association, United Fisheries Ltd, Ocean Fisheries Ltd, Environs Holdings Ltd, Te Kupenga Whiturauroa A Maui, Te Papaorotu Marae, Environment And Conservation Organisations Of NZ Inc.

** Part 2 contains submissions from The Northern Fisheries Management Stakeholder Company Ltd, Sanford Ltd, The Royal Forest And Bird Society Of New Zealand, Mootakotako Marae, WWF – New Zealand, Waahi Whaanui Trust, Te Runanga O Te Rarawa, Vela Quota No 1 Ltd.

*** Part 3 contains submissions from Aotearoa Fisheries Ltd, Huakina Development Trust, The New Zealand Seafood Industry Council Ltd, Eel Enhancement Co. Ltd, Independent Fisheries Ltd.

**** Part 4 contains submissions from New Zealand Big Game Fishing Council, Hokianga Accord, Sealord, M Hardyment, New Zealand Conservation Authority, Moana Reweti, Nga Hapu O Te Uru, Ngati Mutunga O Wharekauri Iwi Trust, Wellington Conservation Board, Tasman And Sounds Recreational Fishers Association, Talley’s, Marlborough Recreational Fisher Inc, South East Finfish Management Ltd, North Beach Fishing Company Ltd, Te Kotahitanga O Te Arawa Waka Fisheries Trust Board.

***** Part 5 contains submissions from The ORH 1 Exploratory Fishing Company Ltd, New Zealand Recreational Fishing Council, Deepwater Group Ltd, Antons Seafoods Ltd, Te Ohu Kaimoana.

The contents of the IPP are as follows:

 Complete IPP Document (PDF 2.15MB)

 Introduction (PDF 73kb)
 Statutory Obligations and Policy Guidelines (PDF 199kb)
 Orange Roughy (ORH1) (PDF 294kb)
 Orange Roughy (ORH3B) (PDF 355kb)
 Orange Roughy (ORH7B) (PDF 185kb)
 Hoki (HOK1) (PDF 254kb)
 Oreo (OEO1) (PDF 146kb)
 Squid (SQU 1T) (PDF 88kb)
 North Island Eels (SFE 20-23, LFE 20-23) (PDF 367kb)
 Flatfish (FLA3) (PDF 387kb)
 Red Cod (RCO3) (PDF 321kb)
 Tarakihi (TAR1) (PDF 198kb)
 School Shark (SCH1) (PDF 273kb)
 Dredge Oyster (OYS 7C) (PDF 303kb)
 Review of Deemed Value Rates for Selected Fishstocks (PDF 470kb)
 Rubyfish (RBY8) (PDF 49kb)
 Letter to Stakeholder (PDF 184kb)

Should you wish to receive further information about any of the proposals contained in the IPP, please contact:

• Orange Roughy (ORH 1, ORH 3B, ORH 7B), Hoki, Oreo (OEO 1), Arrow Squid (SQU 1T) - Stefan Leslie, Manager Deepwater Fisheries, Wellington (04) 819 4618, or e-mail stefan.leslie@fish.govt.nz
• Deemed Values, Rubyfish (RBY 8) - Aoife Martin, Acting Manager Socio-Economic Team, Wellington, (04) 819 4675, or e-mail aoife.martin@fish.govt.nz
• Dredge Oyster (OYS 7C) - Scott Williamson, Inshore Fisheries Manager, Nelson, (03) 545 8786, or e-mail scott.williamson@fish.govt.nz
• Red Cod (RCO 3), Flatfish (FLA 3) - Rose Grindley, Inshore Fisheries Manager, Dunedin, (03) 474 2689, or e-mail rose.grindley@fish.govt.nz
• North Island Eel Stocks (SFE 20-23, LFE 20-23), School Shark (SCH 1) - Sarah Omundsen, Inshore Fisheries Manager, Auckland, (09) 820 7771, or e-mail sarah.omundsen@fish.govt.nz
• Tarakihi (TAR 1) - John Taunton-Clark, Inshore Fisheries Manager, Northern, (09) 820 7687, or e-mail john.tauntonclark@fish.govt.nz

Finally, we note that all submissions that are received for the purposes of the sustainability measures and other management controls process are publicly available under the Official Information Act 1982. Should any person or organisation wish for any information contained in their submission to be withheld under the Act, the grounds for withholding the information must be provided in the submission.