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Aquaculture Reforms Paper A

Overview of the Proposed Aquaculture Reforms

Document format: pdf

Publisher: New Zealand Office of the Minister for the Environment

Creation date: 2001

This paper provides the Committee with an overview of proposed changes to resource management and fisheries legislation that will improve the coastal planning process, streamline the environmental assessment and allocation process for new marine farms, and allow greater commercial benefit to be realised from the use of coastal water space.

The key proposals include:

Changing the interface between the Resource Management Act 1991 (RMA) and fisheries legislation so that regional councils are required to consider all environmental effects and fisheries matters when they are providing for aquaculture under RMA coastal plans.

Providing regional councils with greater powers to manage and control the staged development of aquaculture within clearly defined Aquaculture Management Areas (AMAs).

Streamlining the application and environmental assessment process for new marine farms by providing a single-permit approval process to be operated under the RMA.

Replacing the current Fisheries Act 1983 marine farming permit regime with a more straightforward requirement that all fish farms be registered under the Fisheries Act 1996.

Moving all existing marine farming leases, licences, and permits into the new regime.

Key Words: New Zealand • Aquaculture Moratorium • Policy and Regulation • Aquaculture Reform