Post by Kiwi Frontline on Mar 5, 2018 16:23:12 GMT 12
CALL TO CLOSE PAUA FISHERY
Pressure on a paua fishery north of Dunedin has prompted a group to ask the Fisheries Minister to close an area of East Otago coastline to gathering of the popular species.
But a recreational paua diver says if the area is closed, it should remain closed for everyone, including those allowed a customary take.
East Otago Taiapure management committee chairman Brendan Flack, of Karitane, said as paua numbers began declining in the taiapure area - which spans from Purakaunui to Waikouaiti - paua was rarely served in his marae, Kati Huirapa Runaka ki Puketeraki.
* A taiapure is a management tool established in an area customarily of special significance to an iwi or hapu, as a source of food, or for spiritual or cultural reasons......
www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/call-close-paua-fishery
Pressure on a paua fishery north of Dunedin has prompted a group to ask the Fisheries Minister to close an area of East Otago coastline to gathering of the popular species.
But a recreational paua diver says if the area is closed, it should remain closed for everyone, including those allowed a customary take.
East Otago Taiapure management committee chairman Brendan Flack, of Karitane, said as paua numbers began declining in the taiapure area - which spans from Purakaunui to Waikouaiti - paua was rarely served in his marae, Kati Huirapa Runaka ki Puketeraki.
* A taiapure is a management tool established in an area customarily of special significance to an iwi or hapu, as a source of food, or for spiritual or cultural reasons......
www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/call-close-paua-fishery