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Fiordland Marine (Te Moana O Atawhenua) Reserves Fiordland Marine (Te Moana o Atawhenua) Reserves SOUTHLAND 2010: EDITION 3 12 NM CONTENTS Fiordland Spectacular marine environment 5 (Te Moana o Atawhenua) Marine Area An enduring relationship 5 0 20 40 km The Fiordland Marine Guardians 6 Milford Sound/Piopiotahi Piopiotahi (Milford Sound) Just for Fiordland 6 RK Sutherland Sound This booklet 6 PA Bligh Sound Te Hapua (Sutherland Sound) Fiordland’s special marine mammals 7 George Sound Hawea (Clio Rocks) Fiordland’s bottlenose dolphins 8 Caswell Sound Protecting Fiordland from marine pests 10 Charles Sound Nancy Sound Anchoring and pollution 11 Kahukura (Gold Arm) TIONAL Looking after the dive spots you treasure 11 Doubtful Sound/Patea NA Kutu Parera (Gaer Arm) Te Awaatu Channel (The Gut) Fishing regulations for the Fiordland (Te Moana o Atawhenua) Dagg Sound Marine Area 11 Taipari Roa (Elizabeth Island) Protecting marine life with reserves 12 Bradshaw Sound Marine reserve maps and coordinates 12 Taumoana Moana Uta (Wet Jacket Arm) (Five Fingers Rules for marine reserves 13 Peninsula) Marine Reserve Dusky Sound Piopiotahi (Milford Sound) Marine Reserve 15 Blue cod closed area FIORDLAND (otherwise as for Internal Waters of Fiordland) Te Hapua (Sutherland Sound) Marine Reserve 17 Internal Waters of Fiordland Te Tapuwae o Hua Chalky Inlet Hawea (Clio Rocks) Marine Reserve 19 (Long Sound) Outer Coast and Fiord Entrances Preservation Inlet Cover Photo – Doubtful Kahukura (Gold Arm) Marine Reserve 21 Sound sunset (Paddy Ryan) 12 NM Te Awaatu Channel (The Gut) Marine Reserve 23 Kutu Parera (Gaer Arm) Marine Reserve 25 2 3 Taipari Roa (Elizabeth Island) marine reserve 27 Spectacular Marine Environment The environment below the water in Fiordland is as unique as Taumoana (Five Fingers Peninsula) Marine Reserve 29 its acclaimed landscape above. Its uniqueness comes from the combination of steep mountains, heavy rainfall and surrounding Moana Uta (Wet Jacket Arm) Marine Reserve 31 rainforest. Rain washes through the leaf litter on the forest floors and into the fiords, staining the surface waters a dark tea colour. The Te Tapuwae o Hua (Long Sound) Marine Reserve 33 stained freshwater floats on top of the heavier seawater and creates a layer about three metres deep across much of the fiords. Fiordland’s pest-free islands 35 The environmental conditions caused by this layer restricts the majority of the marine life to Further information 38 the top 40 metres (known as the 40 metre band), and creates a special environment where species Other contacts 38 like red and black corals and sea pens can live at much shallower depths than normal. Recent studies have shown that there is also a lot of life deeper than 40 metres, stretching down below 200 metres. Towards the fiord entrances, wave-action mixes the fresh and salt water, creating different and productive marine communities. As well as the noteworthy invertebrates, seaweeds and fishes, Fiordland also provides habitat for bottlenose dolphins, New Zealand fur seals, Fiordland crested penguins, little blue penguins and a variety of visiting whales. An Enduring Relationship Te Moana o Atawhenua has always held spiritual significance and been a rich hunting ground for Tängata Whenua. The ancestors of Ngäi Tahu Whänui came to gather pounamu, mahinga kai and other taonga, following tikanga (customs handed on from one generation to the next) for their sustainable collection and use. These resources and values remain important to Ngäi Tahu Whänui today, especially the people of the Oraka-Aparima Rünaka who continue in their age- old role as tangata kaitiaki (caretakers) of Te Moana o Atawhenua. Kina (DOC) 4 5 The Fiordland Marine Guardians Fiordland’s Special Marine Mammals Increased human access has had implications for the special values While cruising around the fiords you may occasionally of Fiordland, the sustainability of fish populations, and potential encounter some of Fiordland’s charismatic marine invasion by marine pests. Current marine mammals. It can be a real privilege to see such management in Fiordland stems from a amazing creatures and often dolphins enjoy interacting package proposed by the Fiordland Marine with boats, however such interactions can have negative Guardians, who came together in response effects if they do not get enough time to themselves to to the changes they saw occurring in the rest, feed and breed. Marine mammals can also be fiords. The measures are a result of a “gifts harmed if boats are operated in a careless or aggressive and gains” negotiation process led by the manner when in close proximity and there are animals Guardians who consulted with the wide range that bare the scars of past encounters. To make sure of people who were interested in or used that you do not disrupt any marine mammals you Fiordland. The Fiordland Marine Guardians • Travel no faster than idol or no-wake encounter, please follow the guidelines shown here. now work with agencies to provide continued speed within 300m Marine Mammal Sightings advice on the management of the Fiordland • Maximum of three boats within 300m (Te Moana o Atawhenua) Marine Area. Fiordland is an internationally important area for many Entrance to Preservation different species of marine mammal and at certain times Inlet (Erin Green) of the year is host to a number of rare and endangered Just for Fiordland visitors. The most notable visitor to the Fiordland Marine Area is the southern right whale/tohorä, which migrates The community-initiated marine management through Fiordland. These huge creatures were once measures in place since 2005 were designed hunted almost to extinction and only now are starting to just for Fiordland and include eight additional increase in numbers, but very little is known about the marine reserves, changes to commercial and population(s) around New Zealand. There are a number recreational fisheries regulations outside the of other types of whales that have been seen throughout reserves, and temporary blue cod closures in the Fiordland coast including: humpback/paikea, Milford and Doubtful Sounds. There are also sperm/paräoa, minke and rarer species like southern seven small no-anchoring areas and plans to bottlenose and Arnoux’s beaked whales. If you see reduce risks to the environment, such as the any species of whale (especially southern right whales), introduction of marine pests. These areas • Approach no closer than 50 metres • Maximum of three boats within 30m or any other uncommon marine mammal, please note can be found on the maps of each marine • Swimming with whales is not permitted down as many details as you can, including the location, reserve later in the booklet. and contact DOC as soon as possible. By doing this Splendid perch Southern right whale (D Goodhue) you are helping to increase the worldwide knowledge of (W. Farelly) This Booklet these creatures. This booklet gives you information on what These mammals are you can and can’t do in marine reserves, also very sensitive shows maps of Fiordland’s marine reserves to disturbance and provides you with some information and so if you on what the reserves contain and other observe people information that may be useful when you’re in acting carelessly the Fiordland Marine Area. or disruptively around any marine Please contact the Department of mammals, please Conservation for more information about also contact DOC marine reserves or the Ministry of Fisheries (contact details on for the commercial and recreational fishing back page). regulations that apply outside the reserves Snakestar on black coral. (Richard Kinsey) (contact details on back page). 6 7 Fiordland’s Bottlenose Dolphins Leave Dolphin Encounters to Chance • Vessels should not seek out or initiate encounters with dolphins. The bottlenose dolphins found in Fiordland’s Doubtful/Patea, Bradshaw and Thompson Sounds form a small resident population • Don’t use the radio to tell others where dolphins are located. living at one of the southernmost locations in the world for this • Give them time on their own and make sure that encounters are species. There is little evidence of interaction between this group left to chance. The diagrams below help to explain a chance and the other populations found in Dusky Sound and the northern encounter. fiords of Fiordland. Research has shown that this population has decreased by at Chance Encounter least a third since 1994, with the latest estimate in 2009 at fifty This vessel has continued on its two dolphins. This decline may be linked to lower calf survival in intended route straight ahead. recent years. The causes behind the population decline are not However, the dolphins have well understood but may include human-related effects such as approached the vessel. This type of vessel activity and habitat modification. This rate of decline is not encounter is permitted. sustainable for such a small population. What’s Being Done? Initiated Encounter This vessel’s intended route As an extra level of protection to the Marine Mammal Protection is straight ahead. A deviation Regulations (1992), the Department of Conservation, the Doubtful towards the dolphins would not be Sound tourism operators and other stakeholders are working considered a ‘chance encounter’. together to implement additional protection measures for these dolphins. These measures are aimed at reducing the potential impacts of boats on the dolphins. They include Dolphin Protection Zones and recommend dolphin encounters being left to chance. An increase in public awareness, education, monitoring and research will complement these measures and hopefully help stop the decline of dolphins of the Doubtful Sound/ Patea region. When visiting the Doubtful Sound/ Patea region, please be aware of the new protection measures and follow the guidelines below. Bottlenose dolphins. Photo: Lou Hunt Dolphin Protection Zones Parts of the fiords now have zones 200 metres out from the shore that have restricted access to vessels (see map). If dolphins are not present you can enter these zones to access fishing and diving spots, anchorages and shore features, using the most direct route in and out.
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