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Oceans publications

Aquaculture | Maori values in the Marine Environment | Policy development | RMA and other Acts in the coastal zone | Technical reports |General publications

Aquaculture

Name Date Reference
Aquaculture Risk Management Options December 2007 CR 35
A Beginner's Guide to the 2004 Aquaculture Law Reforms March 2005 INFO 88
Aquaculture reform 2004 - Settling Māori Claims January 2005 INFO 86
Aquaculture reform 2004: From the old to the new - Moving to the New Regime January 2005 INFO 85
Aquaculture reform 2004: The Rules of the Game - Creating Aquaculture Management Areas January 2005 INFO 84
Aquaculture Reform 2004 - An Overview January 2005 INFO 83
Aquaculture Reform July 2004 INFO 63
Aquaculture Reforms – Resource Management (Aquaculture Moratorium Extension) Bill December 2003 INFO 46
Aquaculture – Join the Discussion: Summary of Submissions received July 2001 ME626
Aquaculture – Join the Discussion: Public consultation on the future management of Aquaculture August 2000 ME618

Maori values in the Marine Environment

Name Date Reference
Maori methods and indicators for marine protection: Ngati Kere interests and expectations for the rohe moana February 2005 Department of Conservation, Ngati Kere and Ministry for the Environment
Kaimoana Survey Guidelines for Hapu and Iwi October 2003 ME490
ME490A
Hauraki Customary Indicators Report June 1999 TR57

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Policy development

Name Date Reference
Improving Regulation of Environmental Effects in New Zealand’s Exclusive Economic Zone: Summary of Submissions December 2007 ME846
Improving Regulation of Environmental Effects in New Zealand’s Exclusive Economic Zone: Discussion Paper August 2007 ME824
Environmental Best Practice Guidelines for the Offshore Petroleum Industry March 2006 ME718
Offshore Options: Managing Environmental Effects in New Zealand's Exclusive Economic Zone June 2005 ME603
Getting Our Priorities Right: The role of information in setting priorities for management of New Zealand's ocean June 2005 ME602
Economic Opportunities in New Zealand's Oceans: Informing the development of Oceans Policy June 2003 -
Oceans Management at the Local Level: Research Report for the Oceans Policy Secretariat May 2003 -
Stage Two working papers February 2003 -
Oceans Policy Stocktake December 2002 -
Healthy Seas: Healthy Societies - Towards an Oceans Policy for New Zealand September 2001 -

RMA and other Acts in the coastal zone

Name Date Reference
Repealed and Transitional Provisions: Guide to Marine Farming Consent Conditions for Deemed Coastal Permits June 2006 ME763
The Resource Management (Foreshore and Seabed) Amendment Act 2004: What it means for local government December 2004 INFO 82
New Zealand Coastal Policy Statement May 1994  

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Technical reports

Name Date Reference
A Report on Possible Government Interventions to Promote the Sustainable Development of New Zealand’s Ocean Resources May 2006 CR17
Market-based Approaches to Marine Environmental Regulation: Stage 2: Instrument assessment framework and case study 2006 CR16
The New Zealand Marine Environment Classification June 2005 ME594
Confirmed indicators for the marine environment June 2001 ME398
Environmental Performance Indicators: Proposals for the Marine Environment December 1998 ME301
An analysis of potential indicators for marine biodiversity November 1998 TR44
Environmental Performance Indicators: an analysis of potential indicators for fishing impacts November 1998 TR43
Environmental Performance Indicators: Summary of Proposed Indicators for the Marine Environment November 1998 ME296
Environmental Performance Indicators: Marine environment potential indicators for physical and chemical processes, and human uses and values September 1998 TR45
Draft policy goals for coasts estuaries January 1998 TR41
Potential coastal and estuarine indicators - a review of current research and data November 1997 TR40
Monitoring and indicators of the coastal and estuarine environment - a literature review June 1997 TR39

General publications

Name Date Reference
Keeping our coastal waters clean January 2004 INFO 49
Microbiological Water Quality Guidelines for Marine and Freshwater Recreational Areas June 2003 ME474
Hold it. . . We're Cleaning Up The Coast - Dealing With Sewage Safely and Responsibly on Your Boat May 2002 ME436
Sewage Systems for Recreational Boats November 1999 ME384A
ANZECC water quality guidelines for fresh and marine water quality 2000 -

 

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