Review of Sustainability Measures and Other Management Controls for the 2008-09 Fishing Year
This Initial Position Paper (IPP) provides you with the Ministry of Fisheries’ (MFish) initial position on those sustainability measures and other management controls that MFish is reviewing for 1 October 2008.
This IPP has been developed for the purpose of consultation as required under the Fisheries Act 1996 (the Act). MFish emphasises the views and recommendations outlined in each paper are preliminary and are provided as a basis for consultation with stakeholders.
The first section of the IPP concerns fishstocks for review. For each fishstock there is an outline of the key issues to be considered, rationale for proposed management options and some preliminary recommendations for the management of the stock in the 2008-09 fishing year. The fishstocks reviewed in this document include: orange roughy (ORH 3B) and bluenose (BNS 1, 2, 3, 7 and 8).
The second section of the IPP contains other management measures currently being reviewed. MFish has reviewed the deemed value rates for a number of fishstocks in the IPP using the new deemed value standard.
Download Introduction (PDF 40KB)
Download Statutory Obligations and Policy Guidelines (PDF 263KB)
Download Orange Roughy (ORH 3B) (PDF 338KB)
Download Bluenose (BNS 1, 2, 3, 7 and 8) (PDF 503KB)
Download Deemed Value Rates for Selected Fish Stocks (PDF 219KB)
Download Full IPP Document (PDF 683KB)
Download Stakeholder Letter (PDF 295KB)
All written submissions on this consultation document must be received by MFish by Monday, 11 August, 2008. If you intend to make a submission but need an extension of time, please contact:
Tracey Steel,
Ph (04) 819 4548
Late submissions may not be able to be considered for the Final Advice Paper.
Written submissions should be sent directly to:
Tracey Steel,
Ministry of Fisheries,
P O Box 1020,
Wellington;
or faxed to 04 819 4208
or emailed to tracey.steel@fish.govt.nz
Should you wish to receive further information about any of the proposals contained in the IPP, please contact:
Orange roughy (ORH 3B) - Andrew Hill, Policy Analyst, Wellington, ph (04) 8014609, or e-mail andrew.hill@fish.govt.nz
Bluenose (BNS 1, 2, 3, 7 and 8) - Jeremy Helson, Senior Fisheries Analyst, Wellington, ph (04) 8194643, or e-mail jeremy.helson@fish.govt.nz
Deemed Values - Scott Walker, Socio-economic Analyst, Wellington, ph (04) 8194272, or e-mail scott.walker@fish.govt.nz
All submissions are subject to the Official Information Act 1982 and can be released, if requested, under the Act. If you have specific reasons for wanting to have your submission withheld, please set out your reasons in the submission. MFish will consider those reasons when making any assessment for the release of submissions if requested under the Official Information Act 1982.