GLOSSARY OF TERMS

ACE: Annual Catch Entitlement. An entitlement to harvest a quantity of fish, aquatic life, seaweed or other stock, taken in accordance with a fishing permit and any conditions and limitations imposed by or under the Fisheries Act 1996.

Fisheries plan: A plan approved by the Minister of Fisheries under section 11A of the Fisheries Act 1996.

Fisheries stakeholders are those groups who derive value from the use of fisheries resources or have a strong interest in the sustainable use of fisheries resources, and includes commercial, customary and recreational fishers, and environmental interests.

Kaitiaki means a person appointed under the customary fishing regulations who can authorise customary noncommercial food gathering. The term includes Tangata Tiaki/ Kaitiaki under the Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Regulations 1999, and Tangata Kaitiaki/Tiaki under the Fisheries (Kaimoana Customary Fishing) Regulations 1998.

Management plans specify what the government, tangata whenua and stakeholders want to achieve for specific fisheries (the objectives), and associated implementation strategies and services (including research, regulations and compliance) to achieve the objectives.

Mataitai reserve: An identified traditional fishing ground established as a reserve under either the Fisheries (Kaimoana Customary Fishing) Regulations 1998 or the Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Regulations 1999.
A mataitai reserve may be managed by tangata whenua for non-commercial purposes through bylaws approved by the Minister.

Pou Hononga: Relationship managers appointed to improve the Ministry's formal relationships with Ma-ori based on the Crown's obligations under the Deed of Settlement and Treaty of Waitangi settlements.

RFMO: Regional Fisheries Management Organisation is the term used to describe multilateral organisations with responsibility for coordinating management of highly migratory fish stocks and fish stocks that straddle national fisheries management boundaries.

Tangata whenua in relation to a particular area, means the hapu-, or iwi, that is Ma-ori and holds mana whenua (customary authority) over that area.

Taiapure: Taiapure/local fisheries are established under Part IX of the Fisheries Act 1996, where a committee nominated by the local Ma-ori community may recommend the making of regulations to manage all types of fishing.

Taonga: Treasures.