Bay Harbour: March 10, 2021

Wednesday March 10 2021 Bay Harbour News
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Call for temporary paua fishing ban
MANA WHENUA and local
stakeholders are calling upon the
Minister of Fisheries to approve
an open-ended, but temporary,
prohibition on recreational and
commercial fishing of pāua from
reefs adjacent to Ōnuku Marae in
Akaroa.
The Akaroa Taiāpure management
committee is recommending
closure to prohibit the taking
of pāua from the Ōnuku area
by recreational and commercial
fishers.
Said Ōnuku Rūnanga chairman
Rik Tainui: “The pāua and
other kaimoana on the reefs
next to Ōnuku Marae were once
abundant and were a significant
resource for people who were
fishing for a feed and to sustain
the functions of the marae.
“We know from local knowledge
that the fish stocks are
nowhere near as plentiful and
accessible as they once were.”
The committee is made up
of representatives from Ōnuku
Rūnanga, Wairewa Rūnanga, and
Te Rūnanga o Koukourarata, as
well as recreational and commercial
fishers, marine farmers, and
tourism operators.
STOCKS:
Prohibiting the
taking of paua
near Onuku
Marae (above)
has been
recommended.
“We regularly see families
coming to these reefs in front
of the marae and taking large
quantities of pāua. It’s clear this is
not sustainable in the long-run,”
Tainui said.
The closure will allow this
depleted population to replenish.
The committee will work with
research providers to monitor the
recovery.
“It’s critical our hapū have
kaimoana to sustain the many
cultural functions of the marae,
as well as supply hapū members
with a food source.
“We are suggesting this measure
for the good of the whole
community. We need to ensure
the Akaroa fishery’s formerly
abundant levels are restored so
people can once again come and
catch a kai, otherwise we’re all
going to lose out.”
Tainui said the committee has
not suggested an end date for the
closure at this time.
“Pāua have a slow recovery
rate, so we are requesting that the
proposed closure be open-ended
and only lifted once we know
a sufficient recovery has been
achieved.
The closure will protect juvenile
pāua that are critical to the longterm
sustainability of the fishery
on the reefs.”
NEWS 13
Akaroa
classes to
help you
learn te reo
A COMMUNITY group in
Akaroa is engaging residents in
the language of te reo Māori.
Akaroa Resource Collective
Trust co-ordinator Kerry Little
said the class came about after a
powhiri to welcome new Akaroa
Area School new principal Ross
Dunn and his family,
“Te reo is beginning to be spoken
on a day-to-day basis and yet
we saw at the powhiri many people
did not entirely understand
what it meant,” she said.
“We want to help encourage a
greater understanding and use of
the language.”
The first weekly class was on
February 24 and more than 20
people attended.
“We were really surprised by
the initial response. With our
small population, we were quite
pleased with the numbers,” Little
said.
“This is a grass roots group.
We will see how it evolves and
grows up.”
The classes are held at 6pm on
Wednesday.
Little said to check the trust’s
Facebook page for updates on
where the class will be held.
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