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The Northern Fisheries Management Stakeholder Company Limited Unclear Rationale for Management Options 7. In analysing the IPP it is difficult for TNFMSCL to determine what the problem definition requiring the IPP management response is. TNFMSCL derive several possible interpretations from the IPP; There are sustainability concerns with the FLA, GMU, SPO, or other Kaipara harbour fish stocks, Stalling reduces availability and abundance of fish stocks in the Kaipara harbour, There is wide spread non-compliance by fishers of the Fisheries Act to land and report catches, and The IPP is responding to community perceptions rather than stock sustainability concerns. All of these possible interpretations lack any supporting evidential substance in the IPP to convince us of the need for a management response. Sustainability 8. There is no information presented in the IPP on the total allowable catches (TACs) for the fish stocks caught in Fisheries Management Area 1 (FMA1), which includes the Kaipara harbour. In most recent years the commercial catches (TACCs) for FLA, GMU and SPO have been undercaught, with no presented information in the IPP that is triggering sustainability concerns and required management intervention. 9. The TACCs have been undercaught from a combination of events, none of which are sustainability issues. Many fishers have left the Kaipara harbour fishery due to increasing costs, such as fuel prices, and regulatory complexities. The number of active nation wide fishing permits, and registered vessels is clearly reducing over time, this is seen in Table 1 below, and specifically Kaipara harbour (Stat Area 044), in Table 2. Table 1 Active Fishing Permits and Registered Vessels, 2001 – 2007 (Source: FishServe) Number of Active Permits and Registered Vessels 2000 1900 1800 1700 1600 1500 1400 1300 1200 1100 1000 Number of Active Permits and Registered Vessels 2001 - 2007 Number of registered vessels Number of permits active Oct-02 Nov-02 Dec-02 Jan-03 Feb-03 Mar-03 Apr-03 May-03 Jun-03 Jul-03 Aug-03 Sep-03 Oct-03 Nov-03 Dec-03 Jan-04 Feb-04 Mar-04 Apr-04 May-04 Jun-04 Jul-04 Aug-04 Sep-04 Oct-04 Nov-04 Dec-04 Jan-05 Feb-05 Mar-05 Apr-05 May-05 Jun-05 Jul-05 Aug-05 Sep-05 Oct-05 Nov-05 Dec-05 Jan-06 Feb-06 Mar-06 Apr-06 May-06 Jun-06 Jul-06 Aug-06 Sep-06 Oct-06 Nov-06 Dec-06 Jan-07 Feb-07 Mar-07 Apr-07 May-07 Jun-07 Month/Year C/- PO Box 443 Auckland, Phone 09 379-4720, Facsimile 09 300-3175, TNFMSCL@xtra.co.nz Page 2 of 4
The Northern Fisheries Management Stakeholder Company Limited Table 2 Active Fishing Permits and Registered Vessels in the Kaipara harbour, 2001 – 2007 (Source: MFish) Numbers Active 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 Set Net Permits & Vessels in the Kaiprara Harbour (Stat Area 044) from Dec 2001 - May 2007, Monthly (Source MFish Catch Effort Database) Stakeholder Harvest Estimates Months - Dec 2001 to May 2007 C/- PO Box 443 Auckland, Phone 09 379-4720, Facsimile 09 300-3175, TNFMSCL@xtra.co.nz number of permits number of vessels 10. It is unknown what recreational and customary catches contribute to the TAC for the fish stocks caught in the Kaipara harbour, and whether they are contributing to any of the concerns raised in the IPP. The IPP is silent on the contributions of these stakeholders to catches within the TAC of many stocks caught in the Kaipara harbour, and any possible sustainability concerns that may arise. 11. It seems clear that a greater management priority is to collect catch and effort data on recreational and customary take before unnecessarily restricting commercial utilisation by removing the stalling provision. 12. MFish should also be reminded that the Kaipara harbour is just part of the overall catches that are managed at a stock level, or QMA. Any analysis, and management implementations should be considered at a QMA level. Fish stocks are using the harbour for only part of their life cycle, and are entering and exiting the harbour continually. There are significant implications in managing fish stocks as “substocks” and before any consideration is given to doing so, significant information and analysis would be required. Compliance 13. The IPP implies that there is wide spread non-compliance of the quota management system (QMS) by fishers. Paragraph 8 claims fish are “frequently discarded and not reported”, but there are no presented examples, nor extent of such non-compliance claims in the IPP. The integrity of the QMS is founded on reporting requirements, which we support unconditionally. Unfounded IPP statements such as “frequently discarded and not reported”, are not helpful at all. Page 3 of 4
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