Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jan 3, 2017 16:24:15 GMT 12
NATIONAL ELECTION PROMISE TO CREATE RECREATIONAL FISHING-ONLY ZONES RUNNING BEHIND SCHEDULE
A new fight may be developing between the Government and iwi over fishing rights, this time in the Marlborough Sounds.
Proposals to reserve parts of the Sounds for recreational fishers has angered Maori based at the top of the South Island, and they are urging the Government to abandon the idea.
It comes after a tense battle between the Government and iwi over a proposed marine sanctuary around the Kermadec Islands, which has now been shelved because of a legal challenge by the Maori Fisheries Trust Te Ohu Kaimoana.
The National-led Government promised during the election campaign to create two recreational fishing parks in the Sounds and the inner Hauraki Gulf.
Iwi have not threatened legal action over the recreational fishing parks, but say the proposals are "fundamentally unacceptable and contradict our expectations of the Fisheries Settlement".
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A new fight may be developing between the Government and iwi over fishing rights, this time in the Marlborough Sounds.
Proposals to reserve parts of the Sounds for recreational fishers has angered Maori based at the top of the South Island, and they are urging the Government to abandon the idea.
It comes after a tense battle between the Government and iwi over a proposed marine sanctuary around the Kermadec Islands, which has now been shelved because of a legal challenge by the Maori Fisheries Trust Te Ohu Kaimoana.
The National-led Government promised during the election campaign to create two recreational fishing parks in the Sounds and the inner Hauraki Gulf.
Iwi have not threatened legal action over the recreational fishing parks, but say the proposals are "fundamentally unacceptable and contradict our expectations of the Fisheries Settlement".
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11770512