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Strategic goals and outcomes

Table 1: Main links between Ministry outcomes and supporting sector outcomes

Ministry Outcome Fisheries Sector Supporting Outcome
Maximise current benefits from the use of fisheries
  • An internationally competitive and profitable seafood industry that makes a significant contribution to our economy
  • High quality amateur fisheries that contribute to the social, cultural and economic well-being of all New Zealanders
  • Thriving customary fisheries, managed in accordance with kaitiakitanga, supporting the cultural well-being of iwi and hapū
  • Healthy fisheries resources in their aquatic environment that reflect and provide for intrinsic and amenity value
Maximise future benefits from the use of fisheries
  • An internationally competitive and profitable seafood industry that makes a significant contribution to our economy
  • High quality amateur fisheries that contribute to the social, cultural and economic well-being of all New Zealanders
  • Thriving customary fisheries, managed in accordance with kaitiakitanga, supporting the cultural well-being of iwi and hapū
  • Healthy fisheries resources in their aquatic environment that reflect and provide for intrinsic and amenity value
  • Biodiversity and the function of the ecological systems, including trophic linkages, are conserved
  • Habitats of special significance to fisheries are protected
  • Impacts, including cumulative impacts, of activities on land, air or water on aquatic ecosystems are addressed
Better manage the adverse impacts of fishing on the aquatic environment
  • Healthy fisheries resources in their aquatic environment that reflect and provide for intrinsic and amenity value
  • Biodiversity and the function of the ecological systems, including trophic linkages, are conserved
  • Habitats of special significance to fisheries are protected
  • Adverse effects on protected species are reduced or avoided

Deliver the Government's fisheries and aquaculture obligations to Māori more effectively

  • An internationally competitive and profitable seafood industry that makes a significant contribution to our economy
  • Thriving customary fisheries, managed in accordance with kaitiakitanga, supporting the cultural well-being of hapū and iwi
  • The Treaty partnership is realised through the Crown and Māori clearly defining their responsibilities in terms of governance and management of fisheries resources2
Build increasingly trusted and effective fisheries management3
  • An internationally competitive and profitable seafood industry that makes a significant contribution to our economy
  • High quality amateur fisheries that contribute to the social, cultural and economic well-being of all New Zealanders
  • Thriving customary fisheries, managed in accordance with kaitiakitanga, supporting the cultural well-being of iwi and hapū
  • Healthy fisheries resources in their aquatic environment that reflect and provide for intrinsic and amenity value
  • Biodiversity and the function of the ecological systems, including trophic linkages, are conserved
  • Habitats of special significance to fisheries are protected
  • Adverse effects on protected species are reduced or avoided
  • Impacts, including cumulative impacts, of activities on land, air or water on aquatic ecosystems are addressed


2 Fisheries 2030 governance condition.
3 Delivery of activities linking to all of the supporting sector outcomes and governance conditions identified in Fisheries 2030 [see Ministry Contribution to Sector Outcomes diagram here] are key for this Ministry outcome.
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Updated : 19 May 2010