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August 13 2013
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Fish quota plan ‘threat to Kaipara’ u by Alan Wheatley
Proposals to slash recreational snapper fishing catch limits on the East coast have sparked fears there will be a major adverse impact on the Kaipara and the west coast beaches.
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The proposed catch reduction in the east coast’s Snapper Fishery 1, which runs from East Cape to Cape Reinga, could mean the catch limit of nine could be reduced to as few as three. Former fisheries inspector, Doug Carter, says east coast recreational fishers could simply come into Snapper Fishery 8, which runs from Cape Reinga to Taranaki, where the daily bag limit will remain at nine. There has been an outcry over the proposed cuts from recreational fishers and the recreational marine industry including retailers, service agents and tourism operators. Only days remain for their voices to be heard. Submissions on the cuts close next week — on August 23. Other options in the government proposal include lifting the size limit for snapper from 27cm to up to 36cm. “These changes could happen as soon as October and it will see a major increase in people fishing the Kaipara Harbour and coast. In some ways, you can’t blame them, as fishing in Zone 1 for three or four fish will be completely pointless. The expected influx p The Kaipara Harbour fishing resource could be under threat. From left: Peter Hatch, Gary ‘Gravy’ Greaves and Andrew Kenny with fine fish caught last Sunday in the Kaiwaka-based of recreational fishing will impact badly. Point Curtis Cruising Club’s contest. New quotas could bring more recreational pressure “Snapper stocks locally, are okay at the on west coast fisheries moment, but if you double or treble the He says fish stocks in the Kaipara and along the coast fishing — which could easily happen — fish numbers would very rapidly disappear — and it’s not just snapper that will be have improved in recent years, due to careful management. “We’ve moved the commercial trawlers further off the coast affected. We’ll see reductions in stocks of gurnard, kahawai, and they are now fitted with transponders, so officers can tell and all the other popular eating fish.” He says beaches will also suffer from increased traffic where they are at any time and we’ve also put other measures which will affect flora and fauna and importantly, the toheroa. in place to protect breeding patterns in the Kaipara — and “Extra fishing means extra vehicles and when more and this has paid off with good levels of fish stocks — but all of more vehicles drive on the beaches, toheroa are disturbed that is now under threat from these proposals.” and rise to the surface and are lost.” continued on page 3 …
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