The National Meeting of Regional Recreational Fishing Forums

The first inaugural National Meeting of Regional Recreational Fishing Forums took place in Wellington on the 20-21st November 2007.

The meeting brought together 13 regional forum members from the 7 regional recreational forums spread across the north and south islands.

The regional recreational fishing forums aim to improve the recreational sector’s participation in fisheries management processes and decisions. The national meeting of regional recreational fishing forums contributed to this objective by:

• Providing for inter-forum interaction and networking, thereby increasing information sharing and capacity building in recreational sector
• Providing a forum to discuss/workshop issues raised by members in regional forums that are relevant nationally
• Providing a forum to discuss/workshop MFish ideas/proposals relevant to recreational fishers nationally
• Enhancing MFish’s understanding of recreational fisheries management issues
• Enhancing effectiveness of forums
• Facilitating consistency among forums

Meeting Host: Leigh Mitchell, Inshore Fisheries Manager, Central East Inshore Team, Napier leigh.mitchell@fish.govt.nz

Meeting Organiser: Andy Warmbrunn, Fisheries Analyst, Napier andrew.warmbrunn@fish.govt.nz 

  1. Charter Boats (PDF 85KB)
A copy of the presentation of the session on Charter Boats delivered by Kim Drummond

  2. Engagement (PDF 76KB)
A copy of the presentation of the session on Recreational Sector Engagement delivered by Kim Drummond

  3. Meeting Opening – Objective Based Management (PDF 657KB)
A copy of the presentation delivered by Jonathan Peacy opening the National Meeting of Regional Recreational Fishing Forums and discussing objective based management

  4. Progress of Forums (PDF 154KB)
A copy of the presentation of the session on The Progress of Recreational Forums: Successes and Areas for Improvement delivered by Paul Creswell

  5. Science Presentation (PDF 149KB)
A copy of the presentation of the session on Recreational Research delivered by Peter Todd

  6. Shared Fisheries (PDF 68KB)
A copy of the presentation of the session on Shared Fisheries: Update on Project delivered by Phil Kirk

  7. Final Agenda (PDF 114KB)
A copy of the final agenda outlining all the sessions of the National Meeting of Regional Recreational Fishing Forums and the presenters of each session

  8. Summary of National Meeting (PDF 89KB)
A summary of the proceedings of the National Meeting of Regional Recreational Fishing Forums

  9. Socio-Economic Handout (PDF 46KB)
A copy of the handout used in the presentation on Recreational Research delivered by Ralph Townsend