PAUAMAC2 - Industry Proposal to Subdivide
PAU2 into 6 new Quota Management Areas
Overview
• Background Information
• The Industry Proposal
• Working Groups Initial Response
• Recommendations
• Where to Next?
Maori Paua Quota Ownership
Stock status
PAU2
Settlement
AFL
Normal quota shares
Totals
TACC
Maori % of TACC
9.9
53.6
4.6
63.6
121.1
56
Total
QMAs(T)
98.5
318.3
54.1
470.39
1057.4
44
The Paua2 Fishery
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2nd largest PAU QMA
1300km
•
Commercial Management (CSO)
PAUAMAC2
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TACC
121t
•
ACE Value kg
$25
•
Total ACE Value
$3m
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Asset Value
$42.3m
•
Iwi having settlement interests
23
•
Non commercial allowances
Nil
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Area Harvested
Wairarapa
PAU2 Quota Management Area
Fine scale reporting areas
Which iwi have an interest in the
8.2% PAU2 settlement shares?
Iwi shareholdings in 8.2% entitlement quota shares
Share of 8.2%
Te Ohu Kai Moana holding shares on behalf of:
3.2
Tonnage
4.016
ACE Values $
100,400
Te Atiawa ki Poneke
Te Runanga o Toa Rangatira Incorporated
Te Runanga o Ngati Raukawa Incorporated
Ngati Mutunga Iwi Authority Incoprporated
Te Runanga o Ati Awa ki Whakarongotai Incorporated
Te Runanga o Ngati Porou
Ngati Tama
Rongowhakaata Charitable Trust
Te Runanga o Ngati Apa Society Incorporated
Muaupoko Tribal Authority Incorporated
Te Aitanga a Mahaki Trust
Te Whanau Apanui
Maniapoto
Te Atihaunui a Paparangi
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8.2% = 9.9t
23 iwi have an interest
9 iwi already have entitlements
14 iwi to agree on 3.2% quota share splits
– quota held by Te Ohu pending resolution
• Existing allocations in packages between 230kg to 4t
Ngati Kahungunu
2.9
3.512
Rangitane O Te Ika •
A Maui
Ltd
0.6
0.702
Majority packages likely to be below 200kg
Taranaki Iwi Fisheries Ltd
0.4
0.501
Te Pataka o Tangaroa
0.3
0.320
• Generates roughly $250k in ACE value
per annum
87,800
17,550
12,525
8,000
Ngati Ruanui Fishing Ltd
0.2
0.239
5,975
Ngai Tamanuhiri Asset Holding Company
0.2
0.236
5,900
Te Atiawa (Taranaki) Holdings Ltd
0.2
0.233
5,825
Ngaruahine Fisheries Ltd
0.2
0.230
5,750
0.001
25.00
8.2%
9.989t
249,750
Maruehi Fisheries (N Mutunga)
Totals
Industry proposal
• 6 new QMAs
• 100 million shares in each new QMA split on the
same basis as the current distribution
• TACCs in new areas set at zero other than PAU2D
• Good Will
– New QMAs aligned to iwi groupings
– Iwi trade in and out of QMAs
– 10% incentive - except PAU2D
• Support for localised Management
Proposed Industry Boudaries
Legal Position
• Any subdivision or amalgamation under Fisheries Act
requires Minister’s approval
• Proposal cannot unduly prejudice any quota owner who
owns shares and opposes
• Can make recommendation to subdivide if
– greater than 75% support; or
– necessary for sustainability
• Proposal must include
– Boundaries proposed
– Manner in which quota shares apportioned
– Interests of any aggrieved quota owner
• Proposal allows you to suspend normal allocation rules for
Settlement quota if all iwi in QMA agree
Working Group Views
• Support the subdivision proposal in principle subject
to issues in each proposed QMA being resolved
• The PAU2 QMA is too big to manage as one paddock
• The opportunity is there for iwi to better protect and
grow their commercial and non-commercial interests
in the paua fishery
• Opportunity for Iwi to further invest in the
commercial paua fishery, inside and outside their
respective areas
Current and Future States
Current State:
Future State:
• Customary fishing is
constrained
• No or little recognition of
important mahinga kai
• Lacking systems and processes
to support effective fisheries
management decision making
• Poor compliance
• MPAs still to come
• No $$ resourcing
• Kaitiaki trust
• Important mahinga kai and noncommercial areas are recognised and
managed appropriately
• Improving fishery officer and HFO
networks to support fisheries
management
• Hapu involvement in commercial
development
• Catch information sharing/systems are in
place for recreation
• Kaitiaki are adequately supported
• Kaitiaki and Iwi Fish Managers influencing
the effective and efficient management of
the paua fishery
Anticipating Two Steps?
1. Request Minister to subdivide PAU2 QMA
2. Staged removal of constraining regulations
where it is appropriate and
implementation of management strategies
(opportunity to realign management to
new desired state)
Pre and Post Subdivision
Shareholdings if 10% Incentive Accepted
Pre and Post Subdivision
“Quota Shareholdings”
Tairawhiti
Te Matau a
Maui
PAU2A
Wairarapa Whanganui a
Tara
Only “quota shares”
PAU2D
8.2%
8.2%
10% incentive
10%
0
AFL Holdings
3.51%
3.9%
Others
38.69%
43.90%
100%
100%
Expected TACC
39.6%
44.0%
Iwi normal shares
Total iwi Interests
Taranaki
are transferred, not
quota ACE
Settlement shares
All Totals
Kapiti
61.31%
61.31
56.10%
61.31%
61.31%
61.31%
0
0
121
0
0
0
Short to Long Term Prospects
Holdings
PAU2D – Wairarapa
Settlement shares
@ 8.2%
10t
10% Incentive
(normal shares)
Normal shares
owned by MIO or
AHCs
Nil
1t
4.6t
351kg
AFL Holdings
53.6
3.96t
PAU2E – Wellington (based upon a All other Areas
10t TACC)
820kg
Medium to long
term development
Other non-iwi
53.11
normal quota share
holdings
3.87t
Total iwi and Te
Ohu Group (AFL)
interests
6.13t
ACE Value =$153,250
Capital Value =$2,145,500
All totals
63.6t
ACE Value = $1,590,000
Capital Value
= $22,260,000
121t
ACE Value = $3,025,000
Capital = $42,350,000
10t
ACE Value = $250,000
Capital = $3,500,000
Requires investment
and incentives –
need to scope the
potential of each
area
Develop rebuild and
maintenance
strategies
Producing
customary &
commercial
currencies
The Tool Box
• MLS variations
• Paua reseeding
• Catch spreading/
zones
• Data loggers
• Harvest standards
• Shelving
• Spatial management
Proposed Boundaries
Relevant considerations
• Iwi rohe moana
• Regional boundaries
• Coastal agreements
• Existing FMA boundaries
• Minor boundary changes
• Changes in the number of iwi
in each new QMA not large
PAU2A: Lottin Point to Paritu
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5 Iwi
Beds are spread out
125mm Paua
Closed to commercial
Marine Reverse
Hapu association with
beds are strong
• No customary data
PAU2B: Paritu to Poroporo
• 2 iwi
• Beds are scattered
• Hapu associations with
beds are strong
• Dirty water
• Currently closed
• Marine reserve
• Ngati Kahungunu Plan
• Mataitai
PAU2D: Poroporo to Turakirae
• 2 iwi
• Good fishery
• Encompasses the
commercial area
• Ngati Kahungunu Plan
• Ngati Hinewaka
• Hapu associations with
paua beds are strong
PAU2E: Turakirae to Titahi Bay
• 2 iwi
• Good beds
• Industry advocate opening
with 10t TACC
• Marine Reserve
• Iwi associations with beds are
strong
• Concerns have been raised by
iwi re customary access
• Currently closed commercial
• Illegal activity
PAU2F: Titahi Bay to Kai Iwi
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7 Iwi
Very few reefs identified
Mainly surf beaches
Paua stocks at Pukerua
Bay and Kapiti Island
• Marine Reserve
• Illegal activity
PAU2G: Kai Iwi to Tirau Point
• 10 iwi
• Beds are known to exist
north of Patea
• Paua reefs are not shown
on marine charts – can be
googled
• Marine Reserves
• 85mm MLS for recs
• Illegal harvest
• Hapu associations with beds
are strong
The Working Group Recommendations
1. Iwi/Industry Agreement
– Develop overarching principles
– Develop specific QMA Agreements where supported by iwi
– Clarify commercial arrangements
2. Iwi agreements required
– Quota Shareholders agreement – who gets what?
– Internal swaps and trades possible
– Boundaries
Iwi/Industry Generic Agreement
Examples of overarching principles:
•No sectors should be worse off
•High level agreements regarding management
•Stock assessments used to inform TAC settings
•Protection of important mahinga kai
•Collaborative management strategy – looking after
local communities
•Customary non-commercial fishing interests are
managed as a priority
•Kaitiaki Trust
Specific Agreements
Arrangements in each QMA that can be agreed
prior to a proposal being submitted to Minister
• Mataitai
• Taiapure
• Areas managed under different strategies i.e
customary, commercial, recreation,
integrated
Commercial Interests
• 10% settlement quota shares in each new QMA,
up from 8.2%
• 10% additional quota shares in each new QMA to
be allocated to iwi
• 10% quota shares set aside for Kaitiaki Trust,
partnership between iwi and stakeholders
• Local iwi have rights of first refusal on all
“normal quota shares” held in each new QMA.
Other iwi have second rights and Te Ohu Group
have third right
Allocation Scenario – Settlement Shares
• Scenario 1 (the default): current settlement
shares mirrored in each new QMA
(As per MFA):
– No practical change on “day one”: no-one worse off
– Opportunity consolidate shares within different QMAs by
trading, if desired
– Te Ohu allocate shares it holds as though no subdivision
– Any subsequent changes would need to follow Maori
Fisheries Act procedures to carry out sales or exchanges.
Allocation Scenario – Settlement Shares
• Scenario 2: Allocate only to those iwi whose
coastline is in each new QMA:
– Agreement to change current proportions made up-front
(part of Quota Owner Agreement under Fisheries Act)
– Avoid need to trade later in order to consolidate shares in
“your own back yard”
– But: iwi with no coastline interest in PAU2D receive no
income from current commercial harvest
– Te Ohu allocates shares it holds as per agreement
between MIOs
– If not agreed by all iwi, revert to Scenario 1.
Allocation Scenario
• Scenario 3: Allocate only to those iwi in each new
QMA (except retain current proportions in PAU2D):
– Iwi continue to hold shares in PAU2D and therefore
receive income as now
– Allocation for other 5 new QMAs agreed up-front
(as for Scenario 3)
– Te Ohu allocates shares in PAU2D as though no
subdivision; Te Ohu allocates in other QMAs according to
iwi agreement
– Any changes to PAU2D can be made through sales or
exchange provisions of Maori Fisheries Act
– If not agreed by all iwi, revert to Scenario 1
Recommend Allocation Methodology
• Based on feedback from iwi
• 10% settlement quota - allocation based
on current arrangements
• 10% commercial incentive – allocated only
to those iwi in each QMA
Quota share sales and swaps anticipated
• Consolidate
• Swap with PAU 2D
• MFA rules suspended in the transition
Iwi Doing Their Own Research?
• What are the iwi aspirations in each proposed new QMA?
• Need to do a stock take – how big are the reefs and what is
the potential?
• What areas (within QMAs) have potential to be opened for
commercial development?
• What are the needs of non-customary fishers?
• Illegal harvest – how big a problem is it?
• Where are the important customary fishing areas and how
can they best be managed?
The Process Moving Forward
• Feedback to representatives or Te Ohu
by Nov 9th
• Working group will review recommendations
• Hui a iwi with MIO and AHCs – 6 December –
final recommendations
• If the proposal is not supported?
• If the proposal is supported:
– Negotiations with industry
– Further report back to iwi
PAUAMAC2 - Industry Proposal to Subdivide
PAU2 into 6 new Quota Management Areas