Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jul 4, 2020 2:43:27 GMT 12
FISHING RESTRICTIONS TO PROTECT ENDANGERED DOLPHINS COULD LEAVE MĀORI OUT OF JOBS
At least five North Island iwi will be severely impacted from new restrictions to protect endangered dolphins, and there are concerns the changes will undermine promises under the Treaty of Waitangi.
There are only 63 Māui dolphins left in the world, and they can be found on the West Coast of the North Island.
Māori had a long history of commercial fishing before Crown legislation slowly dispossessed them of their customary practices at sea.
To compensate Māori for that loss, the Crown agreed to give them 10 percent of all existing quota under the 1989 Māori Fisheries Act, and later gave Māori 20 percent of the commercial fishing quota for new species in a 1992 settlement.
But Māori fishing authority Te Ohu Kaimoana chief executive Dion Tuuta said new restrictions on the West Coast of the North Island, and other areas in the South Island, would clearly undermine the settlement.
"The consequence of removing the set-netting as a tool to catch a particular species of fish is that you lose access to that fish, therefore the asset that was returned to you as part of your Treaty settlement has now been taken away from you," he said......
www.rnz.co.nz/news/te-manu-korihi/420407/fishing-restrictions-to-protect-endangered-dolphins-could-leave-maori-out-of-jobs
At least five North Island iwi will be severely impacted from new restrictions to protect endangered dolphins, and there are concerns the changes will undermine promises under the Treaty of Waitangi.
There are only 63 Māui dolphins left in the world, and they can be found on the West Coast of the North Island.
Māori had a long history of commercial fishing before Crown legislation slowly dispossessed them of their customary practices at sea.
To compensate Māori for that loss, the Crown agreed to give them 10 percent of all existing quota under the 1989 Māori Fisheries Act, and later gave Māori 20 percent of the commercial fishing quota for new species in a 1992 settlement.
But Māori fishing authority Te Ohu Kaimoana chief executive Dion Tuuta said new restrictions on the West Coast of the North Island, and other areas in the South Island, would clearly undermine the settlement.
"The consequence of removing the set-netting as a tool to catch a particular species of fish is that you lose access to that fish, therefore the asset that was returned to you as part of your Treaty settlement has now been taken away from you," he said......
www.rnz.co.nz/news/te-manu-korihi/420407/fishing-restrictions-to-protect-endangered-dolphins-could-leave-maori-out-of-jobs