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Hauraki Gulf
Forum
16 March 2015
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1 Apologies
2 Declaration of Interest
There were no declarations of interest.
Cr WD Walker entered
the meeting at 1.08 pm.
3 Confirmation of Minutes
4 Local Board Input
There was no local board input.
5 Extraordinary Business
There was no extraordinary business.
6 Notices of Motion
There were no notices of motion.
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Progress report on addressing Bryde's whale ship strike
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Mr Terrence Hohneck entered the
meeting at 1.41pm.
Cr CE
Fletcher retired from the meeting at 2.08 pm.
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PowerPoint
presentations were given by Dr Rochelle Constantine, Auckland University, Mr
Matt Ball, Ports of Auckland, and Mr Matt Collis, International Fund for
Animal Welfare. Matt Collis tabled a further document in support of this
item.
Copies have
been placed on the official minutes and are available on the Auckland Council
website as minutes attachments.
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Resolution number HGF/2015/3
MOVED
by Cr P Buckley, seconded by Cr R McGuire:
That the Hauraki
Gulf Forum:
a) acknowledge the significant
progress made by agencies and the collaborative working group on these issues
since 2010
b) acknowledge particularly the
contributions of Dr Rochelle Constantine, Mr Matt Ball and Mr Matt Collis and
their respective institutions on these matters
c) note the critical importance
of ship speed, passage planning and international notification of protection
measures as components of an effective response
d) urge
further discussion and evaluation to enable effective speed restriction
measures to be advanced as soon as possible
e) urge notification of the protocol to the IMO to enable the
voluntary speed restriction to appear in international manuals and nautical
charts
f) note
approval by the Ministry of Transport for submission of notification papers
to the International Maritime Organisation’s March 2016 sub-committee meeting
is required before the end of this year
g) request updates on
progress.
CARRIED
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Attachments
a 16 March 2015, Hauraki Gulf Forum,
Item 7 - Bryde's Whales & Vessel Strike
b 16 March 2015, Hauraki Gulf
Forum, Item 7 - Bryde's Whales, Ports of Auckland
c 16 March 2015, Hauraki Gulf
Forum, Item 7 - Reporting on individual vessel transits through the Hauraki
Gulf
d 16 March 2015, Hauraki Gulf
Forum, Item 7 - IFAW tabled document
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Review of Hauraki Gulf Forum's Performance
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Cr French left the meeting 2.20pm.
Mr Kozoil
left the meeting 2.20pm.
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Nigel Bradly,
Envirostrat Consulting Limited, spoke in support of this item.
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Resolution number HGF/2015/4
MOVED
by Cr P Buckley, seconded by Deputy Chair L Ngamane:
That the Hauraki
Gulf Forum:
a) support the initiation of a
review of the Forum’s work
b) allocate time and resources
to the task and request that a report be prepared for presentation to the
Forum in June 2015.
CARRIED
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Pest Free Hauraki Gulf Marine Park – Is The Vision Realistic And
Can We Realise It?
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Cr French returned to the meeting
2.35pm.
Mr Koziel
returned to the meeting 3.00pm.
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Richard
Griffiths, Island Conservation, gave a PowerPoint presentation in support of
this item. A copy has been placed on the official minutes and is available on
the Auckland Council website as a minutes attachment.
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Resolution number HGF/2015/5
MOVED
by Member J Meeuwsen, seconded by Ms N MacDonald:
That the Hauraki
Gulf Forum:
a) thank Richard Griffiths for
his Pest Free Hauraki Gulf Marine Park presentation.
CARRIED
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Attachments
a 16 March 2015, Hauraki Gulf
Forum, Item 9 - Preventing Extinctions
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Secretarial
note: Meeting adjourned at 3:00 pm.
Secretarial
note: Meeting reconvened at 3:16 pm
Mr T Hohneck and Ms N MacDonald were not present when the meeting reconvened.
Secretarial note With the consent of the
forum an update by Nick Main, Independent Chair, Stakeholder Working Group,
Seachange - Tai Timu Tai Pari Marine Spatial Plan, was given precedence at this
time.
Mr T Hohneck
returned to the meeting at 3.34pm.
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Status of Western Firth of Thames Spat Catching applications after
1 January 2015
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Graeme
Silver, Waikato Regional Council, and Will Trusewich, Auckland Council, gave
a Powerpoint presentation in support of this item. A copy has been placed on
the official minutes and is available on the Auckland Council website as a
minutes attachment.
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Resolution number HGF/2015/6
MOVED
by Cr P Buckley, seconded by Deputy Chair L Ngamane:
That the Hauraki
Gulf Forum:
a) receive the
Status of Western Firth of Thames Spat
Catching applications after 1 January 2015 report
b) request a
further report on any spat catching or mussel farming applications in the
Firth of Thames before council.
CARRIED
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Attachments
a 16 March 2015, Hauraki Gulf
Forum, Item 10 - Western Firth of Thames Aquaculture
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Constituent Party Report
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A document was
tabled by Ms M Poutasi, Department of Conservation, entitled ‘Funding – He
Putea Tautoko: Community Conservation Partnerships Fund – Pūtea Tautiaki Hapori’.
A document was
tabled by Ms J Gilbert, Great Barrier Local Board, entitled ‘NZ Sport Fishing
Council submission on the review of Rock Lobster sustainability measures for
1 April 2014’.
Copies of the
tabled documents have been placed on the official minutes and are available
on the Auckland Council website as minutes attachments.
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Resolution number HGF/2015/8
MOVED
by Cr P Buckley, seconded by Cr C Darby:
That the Hauraki
Gulf Forum:
a) receive the Constituent
Party report.
CARRIED
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Attachments
a 16 March 2015, Hauraki Gulf
Forum, Item 12 - Funding – He Putea Tautoko: Community Conservation
Partnerships Fund – Pūtea Tautiaki Hapori
b 16 March 2015, Hauraki Gulf
Forum, Item 12 - NZ Sport Fishing Council submission on the review of Rock
Lobster sustainability measures for 1 April 2014
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13 Consideration
of Extraordinary Items
There was no consideration of extraordinary items.
4.25 pm The
Chairperson thanked Members for their attendance and attention to business and
declared the meeting closed.
CONFIRMED AS A TRUE AND CORRECT RECORD AT A MEETING OF
THE Hauraki Gulf Forum HELD ON
DATE:.........................................................................
CHAIRPERSON:........................................................
