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PAUAMAC2 - Industry Proposal to Subdivide PAU2 into 6 new Quota Management Areas

PAUAMAC2 - Industry Proposal to Subdivide PAU2 into 6 new Quota Management Areas. Overview. Background Information The Industry Proposal Working Groups Initial Response Recommendations Where to Next?. Maori Paua Quota Ownership. Stock status. The Paua2 Fishery.

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PAUAMAC2 - Industry Proposal to Subdivide PAU2 into 6 new Quota Management Areas

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  1. PAUAMAC2 - Industry Proposal to SubdividePAU2 into 6 new Quota Management Areas

  2. Overview • Background Information • The Industry Proposal • Working Groups Initial Response • Recommendations • Where to Next?

  3. Maori Paua Quota Ownership Stock status

  4. The Paua2 Fishery • 2nd largest PAU QMA 1300km • Commercial Management(CSO) PAUAMAC2 • TACC 121t • ACE Value kg $25 • Total ACE Value $3m • Asset Value $42.3m • Iwi having settlement interests 23 • Non commercial allowances Nil • Area Harvested Wairarapa

  5. PAU2 Quota Management Area Fine scale reporting areas

  6. Which iwi have an interest in the 8.2% PAU2 settlement shares? • Go to page p13 • 8.2% = 9.9t • 23 iwi have an interest • 9 iwi already have entitlements • 14 iwi to agree on 3.2% quota share splits – quota held by Te Ohu pending resolution • Existing allocations in packages between 230kg to 4t • Majority packages likely to be below 200kg • Generates roughly $250k in ACE value per annum Source: Fish Serve Quota Registration

  7. Industry proposal • 6 new QMAs • 100 million shares in each new QMA split on the same basis as the current distribution • TACCs in new areas set at zero other than PAU2D • Good Will • New QMAs aligned to iwi groupings • Iwi trade in and out of QMAs • 10% incentive - except PAU2D • Support for localised Management

  8. Proposed Industry Boudaries

  9. Legal Position • Any subdivision or amalgamation under Fisheries Act requires Minister’s approval • Proposal cannot unduly prejudice any quota owner who owns shares and opposes • Can make recommendation to subdivide if • greater than 75% support; or • necessary for sustainability • Proposal must include • Boundaries proposed • Manner in which quota shares apportioned • Interests of any aggrieved quota owner • Proposal allows you to suspend normal allocation rules for Settlement quota if all iwi in QMA agree

  10. Working Group Views • Support the subdivision proposal in principle subject to issues in each proposed QMA being resolved • The PAU2 QMA is too big to manage as one paddock • The opportunity is there for iwi to better protect and grow their commercial and non-commercial interests in the paua fishery • Opportunity for Iwi to further invest in the commercial paua fishery, inside and outside their respective areas

  11. Current and Future States Current State: • Customary fishing is constrained • No or little recognition of important mahingakai • Lacking systems and processes to support effective fisheries management decision making • Poor compliance • MPAs still to come • No $$ resourcing Future State: • Kaitiakitrust • Important mahingakai and non-commercial areas are recognised and managed appropriately • Improving fishery officer and HFO networks to support fisheries management • Hapu involvement in commercial development • Catch information sharing/systems are in place for recreation • Kaitiaki are adequately supported • Kaitiaki and Iwi Fish Managers influencing the effective and efficient management of the paua fishery

  12. Anticipating Two Steps? 1. Request Minister to subdivide PAU2 QMA • Staged removal of constraining regulations where it is appropriate and implementation of management strategies (opportunity to realign management to new desired state)

  13. Pre and Post Subdivision Shareholdings if 10% Incentive Accepted

  14. Pre and Post Subdivision “Quota Shareholdings”

  15. Short to Long Term Prospects

  16. The Tool Box • MLS variations • Paua reseeding • Catch spreading/ zones • Data loggers • Harvest standards • Shelving • Spatial management

  17. Proposed Boundaries • Relevant considerations • Iwirohemoana • Regional boundaries • Coastal agreements • Existing FMA boundaries • Minor boundary changes • Changes in the number of iwi • in each new QMA not large

  18. PAU2A: Lottin Point to Paritu • 5 Iwi • Beds are spread out • 125mm Paua • Closed to commercial • Marine Reverse • Hapu association with beds are strong • No customary data

  19. PAU2B: Paritu to Poroporo • 2 iwi • Beds are scattered • Hapu associations with beds are strong • Dirty water • Currently closed • Marine reserve • NgatiKahungunu Plan • Mataitai

  20. PAU2D: Poroporo to Turakirae • 2 iwi • Good fishery • Encompasses the commercial area • Ngati Kahungunu Plan • Ngati Hinewaka • Hapu associations with paua beds are strong

  21. PAU2E: Turakirae to Titahi Bay • 2 iwi • Good beds • Industry advocate opening with 10t TACC • Marine Reserve • Iwi associations with beds are strong • Concerns have been raised by iwi re customary access • Currently closed commercial • Illegal activity

  22. PAU2F: Titahi Bay to Kai Iwi • 7 Iwi • Very few reefs identified • Mainly surf beaches • Paua stocks at Pukerua Bay and Kapiti Island • Marine Reserve • Illegal activity

  23. PAU2G: Kai Iwi to Tirau Point • 10 iwi • Beds are known to exist north of Patea • Paua reefs are not shown on marine charts – can be googled • Marine Reserves • 85mm MLS for recs • Illegal harvest • Hapu associations with beds are strong

  24. The Working Group Recommendations 1. Iwi/Industry Agreement • Develop overarching principles • Develop specific QMA Agreements where supported by iwi • Clarify commercial arrangements 2. Iwi agreements required • Quota Shareholders agreement – who gets what? • Internal swaps and trades possible • Boundaries

  25. Iwi/Industry Generic Agreement Examples of overarching principles: • No sectors should be worse off • High level agreements regarding management • Stock assessments used to inform TAC settings • Protection of important mahinga kai • Collaborative management strategy – looking after local communities • Customary non-commercial fishing interests are managed as a priority • Kaitiaki Trust

  26. Specific Agreements Arrangements in each QMA that can be agreed prior to a proposal being submitted to Minister • Mataitai • Taiapure • Areas managed under different strategies i.e customary, commercial, recreation, integrated

  27. Commercial Interests • 10% settlement quota shares in each new QMA, up from 8.2% • 10% additional quota shares in each new QMA to be allocated to iwi • 10% quota shares set aside for Kaitiaki Trust, partnership between iwi and stakeholders • Local iwi have rights of first refusal on all “normal quota shares” held in each new QMA. Other iwi have second rights and Te Ohu Group have third right

  28. Allocation Scenario – Settlement Shares • Scenario 1 (the default): current settlement shares mirrored in each new QMA (As per MFA): • No practical change on “day one”: no-one worse off • Opportunity consolidate shares within different QMAs by trading, if desired • Te Ohu allocate shares it holds as though no subdivision • Any subsequent changes would need to follow Maori Fisheries Act procedures to carry out sales or exchanges.

  29. Allocation Scenario – Settlement Shares • Scenario 2: Allocate only to those iwi whose coastline is in each new QMA: • Agreement to change current proportions made up-front (part of Quota Owner Agreement under Fisheries Act) • Avoid need to trade later in order to consolidate shares in “your own back yard” • But: iwi with no coastline interest in PAU2D receive no income from current commercial harvest • Te Ohu allocates shares it holds as per agreement between MIOs • If not agreed by all iwi, revert to Scenario 1.

  30. Allocation Scenario • Scenario 3: Allocate only to those iwi in each new QMA (except retain current proportions in PAU2D): • Iwi continue to hold shares in PAU2D and therefore receive income as now • Allocation for other 5 new QMAs agreed up-front (as for Scenario 3) • Te Ohu allocates shares in PAU2D as though no subdivision; Te Ohu allocates in other QMAs according to iwi agreement • Any changes to PAU2D can be made through sales or exchange provisions of Maori Fisheries Act • If not agreed by all iwi, revert to Scenario 1

  31. Recommend Allocation Methodology • Based on feedback from iwi • 10% settlement quota - allocation based on current arrangements • 10% commercial incentive – allocated onlyto those iwi in each QMA Quota share sales and swaps anticipated • Consolidate • Swap with PAU 2D • MFA rules suspended in the transition

  32. Iwi Doing Their Own Research? • What are the iwi aspirations in each proposed new QMA? • Need to do a stock take – how big are the reefs and what is the potential? • What areas (within QMAs) have potential to be opened for commercial development? • What are the needs of non-customary fishers? • Illegal harvest – how big a problem is it? • Where are the important customary fishing areas and how can they best be managed?

  33. The Process Moving Forward • Feedback to representatives or Te Ohu by Nov 9th • Working group will review recommendations • Hui a iwi with MIO and AHCs – 6 December – final recommendations • If the proposal is not supported? • If the proposal is supported: • Negotiations with industry • Further report back to iwi

  34. PAUAMAC2 - Industry Proposal to SubdividePAU2 into 6 new Quota Management Areas

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