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Decision-making process
Regional council planning
Regional councils have responsibility for controlling the use of land for the purpose of maintaining coastal water quality and coastal marine ecosystems and controlling discharges into water bodies. This includes managing the negative effects of sedimentation and…
Shellfish
Changes to seabed
The principle ecological effect of mussel and oyster farming is localised changes to the seabed caused by shells, shellfish, faeces and pseudofaeces (particles which are not digested bound in mucous) dropping from the mussel lines and oyster…
When can official information be withheld?
If an agency considers that there is good reason to refuse a request for official information it should advise the requester of:
The decision to refuse the request;
The reason for its decision to refuse the request;
If possible, the…
Activities
There is a wide range of recreation and tourism activities that New Zealand’s marine environment supports. Few locations now remain inaccessible due to the wide availability of new technologies. The Spectrum of Marine Recreation Opportunities (SMARO), as shown in the…
Restrictions
Duties and Restrictions are discussed more generally in the RMA section of this website.
Water takes
Section 14(2) of the RMA makes it illegal to take, use, dam or divert freshwater (including its heat or energy) unless the activity is:…
Aquaculture
New Zealand’s aquaculture sector is a significant primary industry, estimated in 2015 to have revenue in excess of $500 million, of which about 75 per cent is exported to 79 countries. Māori own an estimated 50 per cent of the…
Fisheries Act 1996
The Fisheries Act 1996 governs fisheries management throughout New Zealand’s territorial sea and EEZ. The purpose of the Act is “to provide for the utilisation of fisheries resources while ensuring sustainability”. There are three main categories of fishing activity which…
Water
Water use
Irrigation is increasingly used as a means to increase agricultural productivity in New Zealand. Almost all horticultural production requires irrigation. In 2017, the total consented irrigated land is estimated to be in the order of 1.1 million hectares.…
Legislation
The key pieces of legislation relating to the marine environment are shown in the figure below.
Resource Management Act 1991
Most activities that have an environmental impact on the territorial sea, with the major exception of fishing, are managed under…
National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management
The National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management 2020 (NPSFM 2020) came into force on 3 September 2020. It replaced the National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management 2014 (amended 2017).
The NPSFM 2020 is made up for 4 parts which addressing…