Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jul 30, 2018 17:20:34 GMT 12
CALL FOR RĀHUI ON WEST COAST FROM RAGLAN TO NORTHERN TARANAKI TO BOOST KAIMOANA STOCKS
Iwi leaders from along the coastline of the King Country and Northern Taranaki want to introduce a temporary rāhui from Mokau to Raglan.
They say a ban on fishing and collecting shellfish would enable kaimoana numbers to rejuvenate to sustainable levels.
Kaumātua Bill Rewi-Wetini has lived in the area most of his life, and spent more than 30 of those years as a local fisherman.
In the last decade, he's noticed declining numbers in kaimoana stocks including pipi, flounder, crayfish and pāua.
He and other kaumātua believe part of the problem was overfishing and tangata whenua should be able to manage the takutai moana, or marine environment, as Māori did prior to the arrival of Europeans......
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12092351
Iwi leaders from along the coastline of the King Country and Northern Taranaki want to introduce a temporary rāhui from Mokau to Raglan.
They say a ban on fishing and collecting shellfish would enable kaimoana numbers to rejuvenate to sustainable levels.
Kaumātua Bill Rewi-Wetini has lived in the area most of his life, and spent more than 30 of those years as a local fisherman.
In the last decade, he's noticed declining numbers in kaimoana stocks including pipi, flounder, crayfish and pāua.
He and other kaumātua believe part of the problem was overfishing and tangata whenua should be able to manage the takutai moana, or marine environment, as Māori did prior to the arrival of Europeans......
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12092351