INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................................1 Purpose .........................................................................................................................................................1 Process..........................................................................................................................................................1 SCOPE OF THE SOUTHERN SHELLFISH PLAN..........................................................................................2 Nature of Fisheries in the Plan .....................................................................................................................7 SECTION 1: THE CURRENT SITUATION...................................................................................................11 THE HEALTH OF THE AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT IS PROTECTED .........................................................................12 Biodiversity .................................................................................................................................................12 Benthic impacts...........................................................................................................................................13 Habitats of Particular Significance to Fisheries Management...................................................................14 Associated and dependent species...............................................................................................................15 Other Resource Users .................................................................................................................................15 Harvest strategies .......................................................................................................................................17 Productivity..............................................................................................................................................................18 Sustainability Indicators...........................................................................................................................................19 Research...................................................................................................................................................................19 Total allowable catch ...............................................................................................................................................22 PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO REALISE THE BEST VALUE FROM THE SUSTAINABLE AND EFFICIENT USE OF FISHERIES 24 Allocation & Use.........................................................................................................................................24 Profile of Sectors.........................................................................................................................................26 Commercial..............................................................................................................................................................26 Key Commercial Fisheries..................................................................................................................................33 Quota holdings....................................................................................................................................................37 Use......................................................................................................................................................................40 Participation Costs..............................................................................................................................................41 Quota Purchase Price.....................................................................................................................................41 Deemed Values and Catch Balancing............................................................................................................41 Recreational .............................................................................................................................................................43 Customary (Tangata Whenua) .................................................................................. 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Non-extractive Users................................................................................................................................................44 Use and value indicators.............................................................................................................................44 Commercial..............................................................................................................................................................44 Commercial Use .................................................................................................................................................44 Moratorium on New Permits .........................................................................................................................45 Commercial Value Indicators .............................................................................................................................45 Recreational .............................................................................................................................................................45 Recreational Limits.............................................................................................................................................46 Recreational Value indicators.............................................................................................................................47 Value .............................................................................................................................................................47 Customary Value indicators................................................................................................................................47 Non-Extractive Value Indicators ......................................................................... 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CREDIBLE FISHERIES MANAGEMENT ................................................................................................................48 Tāngata Whenua Input and Participation ..................................................................................................48 Stakeholder Engagement.............................................................................................................................48 Recreational input....................................................................................................................................................48 Commercial Input ....................................................................................................................................................48 Conservation Input...................................................................................................................................................48 OBJECTIVES BASED MANAGEMENT ...................................................................................................................49 Monitoring and reporting on performance of fisheries.............................................................................................49 Protecting Value: Compliance....................................................................................................................49 Compliance Framework...........................................................................................................................................49 Strategic Compliance Goals.....................................................................................................................................49 Operational Compliance Strategies..........................................................................................................................49 The Sectors ..............................................................................................................................................................50 Commercial ........................................................................................................................................................50 Recreational........................................................................................................................................................50 Customary...........................................................................................................................................................50