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Ecosystem-based Management Vs. Single Species Management
We can see from examples worldwide how tenuous the concept of sustainable single species management is. Examples abound of the collapse of many fish species, fish stocks and ocean biomass. […]
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Govt’s EEZ regime too weak
In New Zealand it appears the proposed law governing the vast ocean resources of the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) are too weak. A report from the Parlimentary Commissioner for the […]
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Super trawler banned from fishing in Australian waters
The sustainability of the 18,000 tonne quota is at issue as efficiency is one thing, but is bigger always better. Although authorities want to review impacts on marine mammals and birds, […]
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Challenges for fisheries management, planning and policy in contributing to...
The recent banning of a super trawler from fishing in Australian waters has highlighted again the plight of fisheries worldwide and concern over the impact such practices may have on Australian...
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Big ships, pristine marine environments, risk assessment, and oil spill...
Big ships and deepwater ports are a vital component of the natural resources industry. Whether providing support and supply to offshore industry, exporting resources such as oil, LNG, coal, logs and...
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Selling Marine Protected Areas: Climate Change, Global Change and Biodiversity
A growing awareness exists of the fundamental importance of healthy and productive ocean environments to human economies, food supply and wellbeing. These fundamentals can be thought of as the...
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Developing New Zealand Offshore Environmental Management Regimes: Industry...
In New Zealand the Environmental Defence Society is alarmed by suggestions from the petroleum industry that exploratory petroleum drilling could be made a permitted activity by regulations being...
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EEZ natural resource permits: the Devil is in the Detail
Demonstrating to the New Zealand government that any natural resource activity in the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) is conducted at a scale appropriate to the level of inherent risk to […]
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Future Seascapes New Zealand: A Discussion Paper
For New Zealand, demands on existing non-living natural resources and immediate need may cloud aspirational vision of the future because of the cost cycle. Further development of mineral and...
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