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Fishing Survey for Akaroa harbour
Conservation Minister Kate Wilkinson’s decision to reject a “no take” marine reserve in Akaroa Harbour on the grounds that it will adversely affect recreational fishing is a lost opportunity for Canterbury, with implications for marine reserve applications elsewhere. - a perspective from Suky Thompson
The Akaroa Harbour Marine Protection Society are the applicants of a small marine reserve (530ha) on the East Coast of the South Island of New Zealand. The application was made in 1996. On the 20th August 2010 the Hon Kate Wilkinson, Minister of Conservation declined the Akaroa marine reserve on the grounds that it will “adversely affect recreational fishing”.
The Akaroa Harbour Marine Protection Society are the applicants of a small marine reserve (530ha) on the East Coast of the South Island of New Zealand. The application was made in 1996. On the 20th August 2010 the Hon Kate Wilkinson, Minister of Conservation declined the Akaroa marine reserve on the grounds that it will “adversely affect recreational fishing”. This clearly is a backward step. This document is the Akaroa Harbour Marine Protection Society answer’s to objections with regards to their 1996 marine reserve application.
The Akaroa Harbour Marine Protection Society are the applicants of a small marine reserve (530ha) on the East Coast of the South Island of New Zealand. The application was made in 1996. On the 20th August 2010 the Hon Kate Wilkinson, Minister of Conservation declined the Akaroa marine reserve on the grounds that it will “adversely affect recreational fishing”. This clearly is a backward step. This document is the 2006 submission to DOC on the Akaroa Marine Reserve on behalf of the Akaroa Harbour Marine Protection Society with regards to an updated view on the Marine Reserve proposal.
The Akaroa Harbour Marine Protection Society are the applicants of a small marine reserve (530ha) on the East Coast of the South Island of New Zealand. The application was made in 1996. On 20th August 2010, the Hon Kate Wilkinson Minister Of Conservation declined the Akaroa marine reserve on the grounds that it will “adversely affect recreational fishing”.
MPA NEWS, Vol. 12, No. 1 (July-August 2010)
Table of Contents Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill: The Experiences of MPA Managers So Far, and What Lessons Can Be Learned Is Offshore Drilling Worth the Environmental Risk of Spills? How Close Is the MPA Field to Meeting Its Global Targets? MPA Perspective: Standardizing the Effective Management of MPAs in Italy By Carlo Franzosini, Marco Costantini, Saul Ciriaco, Maurizio Spoto Notes & News: Large no-take areas - Albania - US - Canada - Russia - Vietnam - IMCC2 - MPA size and spacing - Enforcement - Coral reef monitoring Building Resilience: Communicating Bleaching Incidents to Stakeholders
The marine technical team at Northland Conservancy has completed a marine habitat map and habitat map report for the Northland section of the Northeast Marine Bioregion. The maps cover an area of 1.34 million hectares extending out 12 nautical miles from the coast between Ahipara in the west to Mangawhai on the east coast.
Habitats were classified according to the Marine Protected Areas Classification, Protection Standard and Implementation Guidelines, with modifications required by insufficient data quality in some areas of the region. Data were collated from a range of recent and historic sources. These data include multibeam and sidescan sonar data from the National Institute for Water and Atmospheric Research and Land Information New Zealand. A ‘rapid sonar survey’ technique was developed to fill data gaps for areas not covered by past or recent survey effort. These sources and methods are described to assist in understanding the strengths and weaknesses of the current habitat maps and to help implement improvements in this and future work
Rocky reefs make up 14.3% of the mapped area, indicating the presence of a significant array of these habitats. Estuarine areas make up 3.3% of the mapping area and include internationally significant tidal flats, Zostera capricorni seagrass beds and the Avicennia marina mangrove areas of Parengarenga and Rangaunu Harbours.
The use of the habitat maps to identify potential locations for a network of marine protected areas in Northland is discussed and recommendations are made to incorporate this information within decision support tools to assist in planning, education and community engagement. The habitat maps, underlying data and techniques developed also provide a valuable resource for other research and management projects in Northland and elsewhere.
This study used baited video to measure full no take protection compared to partial protection. After 10 years of full protection at the Poor Knights snapper counts were 14 times greater than before. Snapper abundance within the partially protected marine park was not significantly different to comparison sites on the open coast.
The story of the crayfish - Crayfish (Jasus edwardsii) are an important component of temperate reef ecosystems. They have shown a dramatic increase in numbers inside the marine reserve at Leigh, where crayfish numbers are about 4 times higher than in adjacent fished areas. In other reserves the protected population is even higher. Crayfish inside the Leigh reserve are about 10% larger than elsewhere.
