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Seafood NEW ZEALAND APRIL 2016 • VOLUME 25 • NO.2 APRIL 2016 • VOLUME From a life of fi shing to fi ne art p 28 Cover: One fi sh, two fi sh: science and the QMS p 22 Top of the South showcases seafood riches p 31 Your biggest catch could be your worst nightmare On the sea floor of Cook Strait, 350,000-volt Severe Penalties apply – don’t jeopardise power cables and fibre optic cables link the your livelihood North and South Islands, delivering essential Under the law, any vessel of any size, fishing electricity and communication to households or anchoring in the CPZ may be subject to and businesses throughout New Zealand. significant legal penalties. These sanctions At Transpower, it’s our job to keep this energy cover any equipment that may be used for fishing and communication flowing over land and or anchoring deployed over the side of a vessel under sea. That’s why we have a vital interest in the CPZ. in the protection of our undersea cables from Penalties apply to both the master and vessel damage caused by fishing and anchoring in owner, including fines up to $100,000 for fishing the Cook Strait Cable Protection Zone. or anchoring, and up to $250,000 for damaging As a maritime professional, fishing in the a submarine cable. In addition the Court may Cook Strait area, the safety of our country’s order forfeiture of the vessel and Transpower may critical power and telecommunications take legal action to recover repair costs, which connections is literally in your hands. could exceed $30–$40 million. Respect the Cable Protection Zone (CPZ) Don’t take chances. Refer to the publication Cook Strait Submarine Cable Protection Zone. If you are fishing or anchoring near the CPZ, This is located on the Transpower website know your exact location by checking the www.transpower.co.nz relevant charts. These include: NZ 463, NZ 6212 and NZ 615. Alternatively contact 0800 THE GRID or 0800 843 4743. Should you snag your anchor or fishing equipment on a cable, do not try to free it. Instead, record your position, abandon your Catch fish... gear and advise Transpower’s patrol vessel (“Seapatroller”, Channel 16 or cellphone not cables 0274-442-288) or Transpower of the situation immediately. www.transpower.co.nz CONTENTS FEATURES 05 New Zealand fi sheries 22 Cover: One fi sh, two fi sh: 33 among the world’s top science and the QMS fi ve REGULARS 16 Help for bereaved fi shing 28 Salt of the Ocean: From a families life of fi shing to fi ne art 18 The importance and 31 Event: Top of the South impact of the Law of showcases seafood riches the Sea 33 Recipe 28 22 COVER STORY XX Specialist Fisheries, Maritime & Resource Management Lawyers Don Turley Tim Jeffcott Hamish Fletcher LLB LLB BA LLB Resource Management Litigation/Maritime Fisheries/Maritime Mobile 021 064 5611 Mobile 027 552 2434 Mobile 027 220 5122 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Principal Principal Partner Hamish.Fletcher Lawyers Montgomery House, 2nd Floor, 190 Trafalgar Street, Nelson 7010. PO Box 1673, Nelson 7040, New Zealand T: 03 539 0210. F: 03 539 0215 Cover image Snapper. Image Dave Allen NIWA. Seafood New Zealand | April 2016 | 3 EDITORIALS Published by Seafood New Zealand Ltd. Postal Address: PO Box 297 Wellington From the New Zealand Physical Address: Chief Executive Level 6 Eagle Technology House 135 Victoria Street The seafood industry supports Wellington Phone: +64 (0)4 385 4005 measures to protect marine diversity. www.seafoodnewzealand.org.nz The health of the aquatic environment is the cornerstone of our business. However, the Government’s attempts to cement such protection in legislation is fl awed. ISSN 1172-4633 Submissions on the Marine Editorial enquiries: Protected Areas Act consultation Email: [email protected] document closed in mid-March, with just about all interested parties Advertising enquiries: agreeing the Government is not going Karen Olver about extending marine protection in Phone: +64 (0)4 802 1513 [email protected] the right way. Environmental groups – Forest & Bird, Environmental Defence Society, Subscriptions: World Wildlife Fund, Pew – are particularly critical of the government’s decision Seafood New Zealand is published for the to ignore marine protection in the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). New Zealand seafood industry. It is also How can you protect marine biodiversity if the vast area from the 12-mile available on subscription in New Zealand and overseas. Subscription rates are available on territorial sea boundary to the 200-mile extent of New Zealand waters is request. Seafood New Zealand is produced bi- excluded, they ask. monthly (six issues per annum). Many in the seafood sector are asking a similar question, and why the Benthic Protection Areas, initiated by the fi shing industry and recognised by General: statute, that protect 29 percent of the EEZ were not given due weight. The reproduction of articles and materials The seafood industry is asking for a further round of engagement following published in Seafood New Zealand, in whole or in part, is permitted provided the source and the submissions cut-off prior to the drafting of the bill. author(s), as applicable, are acknowledged. A summary of industry concerns, drawing on the submission from the New Zealand Rock Lobster Council, the Paua Industry Council and Fisheries However, all photographic material is copyright Inshore New Zealand is contained in this issue. and written permission is required to reproduce Bill Mansfi eld, a New Zealander with a long record of working to protect the it in any shape or form. Contributions of a nature oceans, gives his overview of the development of our EEZ. relevant to the seafood industry are welcomed and industry participants are encouraged to New Zealand is a world leader in sustainable fi shing practices. This couldn’t contribute. Letters to the Editor should be be achieved without sound science. Our cover feature details NIWA’s valuable signed and carry the writers’ full names and work in ensuring we have sustainable fi sh stocks. addresses. Achieving social licence is critical to the ongoing success of our industry. Our second annual Nielsen survey of industry reputation shows a large majority Articles and information printed in Seafood New Zealand do not necessarily refl ect value the role the seafood industry plays in the economy. the opinions or formal position of Seafood And there’s lots more, including a fi sherman who captures his life at sea New Zealand Ltd unless otherwise indicated. through painting and a recipe to enjoy just one of our many delicious seafood varieties. All material published in Seafood New Zealand is done so with all due care as regards accuracy and factual content. The publishers and editorial staff, however, cannot accept responsibility for any inadvertent errors and omissions that may occur. Tim Pankhurst Chief Executive 4 | Seafood New Zealand | Volume 25 No. 2 NEWS Hilborn is the co-author of several He served as Chairman of Celebrating books including Overfi shing: what International Coalition of Fisheries 30 years of everyone needs to know” (with Ulrike Associations and works with the World Hilborn) in 2012, Quantitative Fisheries Bank on enhancing seafood supplies sustainable Stock Assessment (with Carl Waters) from developing nations. Connelly in 1992, and The Ecological Detective: serves on the Board of Trustees for seafood confronting models with data (with Marc the Marine Stewardship Council, the Mangel) in 1997 and has published global leader dedicated to promoting This year’s seafood industry over 200 peer reviewed articles. He has sustainable seafood choices. He also conference will have an impressive received the Volvo Environmental Prize, serves on the Board of Directors of the line-up of speakers and activities the American Fisheries Societies Award International Seafood Sustainability to mark the 30th anniversary of of Excellence, the Ecological Society of Foundation, a global group designed to New Zealand’s world-leading Quota America’s Sustainability Science Award help ensure the continued sustainability Management System. and the American Institute of Fisheries of tuna stocks. The one-day conference on Research Biologists Outstanding Registrations open in May. Keep Wednesday, August 31, at Wellington’s Achievement Award. checking our website www.seafood.org. Te Papa Tongarewa will be the industry’s John Connelly, who is an advocate nz for more information. chance to celebrate 30 years of for seafood on the world stage, became sustainable seafood and look forward to the President of the National Fisheries what’s ahead for the next 30 years. Institute in 2003. NFI is America’s Two high profi le keynote speakers of leading trade association advocating BRAT international standing will be addressing for the fi sh and seafood community, CELE ING the conference, Professor Ray Hilborn representing the fi sh and seafood NZ of the School of Aquatic and Fishery commerce chain — from “water to Sciences at the University of Washington table.” NFI lobbies Congress and specialises in resource management regulatory agencies, serves as the and conservation and John Connelly, seafood community’s spokesperson Seafood the President of the National Fisheries with the media, and provides technical SINCE 1986 Institute (NFI). advice to its members. New Zealand ranks among the world’s Management System, and referred New Zealand top fi ve best managed fi sheries, to a global study he participated in fi sheries among Professor Ray Hilborn from the that looked at 28 of the largest fi shing University of Washington said on a countries around the world. The results, the world’s top visit to New Zealand in February. presented at the Seafood Summit 2016, showed that New Zealand came Hilborn, a Professor in the School in among the top fi ve countries with a fi ve of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences score of nine out of 10.