Documents: Hauraki Gulf

Final advice to Minister 1 April Rock Lobster stocks. NRLMG. March 2022.

Fisheries New Zealand final advice paper and recommendations to the Minister on crayfish 1, 7 & 8 for 1 April 2022. March 2022.

Final advice to Minister 1 April stocks. FNZ. March 2022.

Fisheries New Zealand final advice paper and recommendations to the Minister on multiple stocks for 1 April 2022. Includes Minister's decisions. March 2022.

Submission. Underwater breathing apparatus. Joint Recreational.1 Mar 2022.

Submission. Scallops Northland (SCA 1) Coromandel (SCACS). Joint recreational. 8 Feb 2022

Joint recreational submission in response to the proposed future management of Northland (SCA 1) and Coromandel (SCACS) scallop fisheries. Closing both areas to all harvesting for 3 years will help to restore depleted scallop numbers. Submission by NZ Sport Fishing Council-LegaSea, NZ Angling & Casting Association and NZ Underwater. 8 February 2022.

Minister’s approval Waiheke temporary closure. D. Parker. 17 Nov 2021

Gazette notice confirming Minister David Parker's approval of a 2-year temporary closure around Waiheke Island, Hauraki Gulf. The closure prohibits the harvest of scallops, mussels, crayfish and pāua within 1nm of the Waiheke coastline. Advice received from Fisheries NZ on 29 November. Hon David Parker. 17 November 2021.

Report. SNA 1 age composition of commercial catch 2017-18. FNZ. Sep 2019

Age composition of commercial snapper landings in Snapper 1, 2017-18. Fisheries NZ. September 2019. NZSFC - Catch at age distributions for the SNA 1 bottom longline fisheries in 2017-18 have remained broad since the previous sampling year in 2012-13, with good representation across almost all year classes up to 20 years, resulting in high estimates of mean age: East Northland (9.9 years), Hauraki Gulf (10 years), Bay of Plenty (8.7 years). East Northland remains the only stock with a high proportion of snapper 20 years or older.

Snapper trawl survey of Hauraki Gulf-Bay of Plenty 2019-20. FNZ. March 2021

Trawl surveys of the Hauraki Gulf and Bay of Plenty in 2019 & 2020 to estimate the abundance of juvenile snapper. Fisheries NZ. March 2021. NZSFC - The plots on pages 70 & 76 are useful. The recommencement of the Hauraki Gulf and Bay of Plenty trawl survey series may provide potential to monitor, with reasonable levels of precision, the relative abundance of year classes over 2 years, including recruited snapper. In the Hauraki Gulf the estimated snapper biomass was 20, 618 tonnes (CV 13.6%), whereas in the Bay of Plenty it was 2824 tonnes (CV 8.9%), representing increases of 139% and 87% since the last survey in each area respectively.

Harvesting ban welcomed. Coromandel scallop restoration group. 8 Sep 2021

Groups working to save Coromandel scallop beds are delighted with David Parker's decision to approve a 2-year temporary closure to ban all scallop harvesting on the eastern Coromandel Peninsula. 8 Sep 2021

East Coromandel scallop closure media release. FNZ. 8 Sep 2021

Fisheries New Zealand media release announcing the Minister's approval for a 2-year temporary closure of east Coromandel to the harvest of all scallops. David Parker's decision will be effective from 11 September 2021. FNZ. 8 September 2021.

Presentation. Hauraki Gulf Forum. Tony Orton, charter ops. 12 Aug 2021

Presentation made to the Hauraki Gulf Forum advising that many of the Gulf charter fleet operators reject the Government's Revitatlising the Gulf plan because it fails to allow for high value, low impact fishing enterprises. Presented by Tony Orton on behalf of 41 charter operators, related companies and influencers in the Gulf. Presentation on 23 August 2021.