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Bioprospecting in the Marine Environment

[ Last Updated 16 December 2005 ]
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PowerPoint Presentation Slides
to the
Bioprospecting in New Zealand Seminar, 21 February 2003

Jane Gunn
Principal
URS New Zealand

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Contents

Slide 1: Bioprospecting and "Fishing"

  • Bioprospecting
    • Taking something from the ocean for research and development
  • Fishing
    • Taking "fisheries resources" from "New Zealand fisheries waters"
>> Bioprospecting in the marine environment is managed under the Fisheries Act 1996

Slide 2: Fisheries Management Regime

  • Fisheries Act 1996
    • Purpose
      • To provide for the utilisation of fisheries resources while ensuring sustainability
    • Jurisdiction
      • Comprehensive - all marine and freshwater

Slide 3: Definitions - 1

  • Aquatic life
    • any species of plant or animal life that, at any stage in its life history, must inhabit water, whether living or dead; and seabirds
  • Fisheries resources
    • fish, aquatic life or seaweed
  • Fishing
    • catching, taking or harvesting of fish, aquatic life or seaweed (and activities leading to this)

Slide 4: Definitions - 2

  • New Zealand fisheries waters
    • EEZ (to 200 nautical miles)
    • Territorial sea (to 12 nautical miles)
    • All internal waters of New Zealand
    • All other fresh or estuarine waters in New Zealand where fish, aquatic life or seaweed is found

Slide 5: New Zealand Fisheries Management Areas

New Zealand Fisheries Management Areas

Slide 6: Fisheries Management Tools

  • Quota Management System (QMS)
    • Gives fishers transferable harvesting rights by allocating access to fisheries resources
      • the right to fish, not ownership of the fish
  • Fishing permits
    • Provide access to fisheries resources outside the QMS
  • Special permits
    • Discretionary access for specified activities

Slide 7: Special Permits - s97

  • May be granted at discretion of MFish CE for:
    • Education
    • Investigative research
    • Pest control
    • Trials of fishing gear and vessels
    • Sport or recreation for disabled persons
    • Any other purpose approved by the Minister

Slide 8: Authority to Bioprospecting

  • Special permit for "investigative research," issued
    • As part of an umbrella special permit or
    • On a case-by-case basis

Slide 9: Issuing Special Permits - 1

In considering applications MFish CE must

  • Consult relevant parties if the special permit will have a "significant effect on fisheries resources" or any fishing interest
  • Take into account
    • Purpose of the Fisheries Act
      • Provide for utilisation of fisheries resources while ensuring sustainability

Slide 10: Issuing Special Permits - 2

  • Take into account
    • Environmental principles
      • Maintain associated and dependent species
      • Maintain aquatic biodiversity
      • Protect habitat of particular significance for fisheries management
    • Information principles
      • Base decisions on best available information
      • Apply the precautionary principle

Slide 11: Special Permit Applications

  • Investigative research proposals must include
    • A detailed proposal - species, quantities required, vessel, method, personnel
    • Standard MFish research proposal
  • Issued for maximum of 3 years
  • Individually assessed on a regional basis
  • Cost recovered - applicant pays costs

Slide 12: Special Permits for Bioprospecting - 1

  • Most bioprospecting "opportunistic" and occurs while undertaking other research
  • Generic education and research permits
    • Schedule covers specific projects
    • Amount limited - usually to < 30kg / project
    • Methods of extraction specified
    • Marine reserves, taiapure and maitaitai excluded
    • Detailed reporting of what is taken, where and how

Slide 13: Special Permits for Bioprospecting - 2

  • "Public good" research covered by umbrella permit and need not be separately approved
    • e.g. taxonomic study, environmental impact assessment, resource inventory
    • < 30kg / project
  • Exception - protected species, restricted areas
  • Definition of "public good" unclear

Slide 14: Future Access

  • Bioprospecting under a special permit does NOT confer any "right, privilege, or expectation or preference" for granting of future permit or access

>> Access issues at development stage

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Bioprospecting in the Marine Environment - Undescribable Graphic

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Slide 17: Farming in Wild - Managing Effects

Farming in Wild - Managing Effects

Slide 18: Harvest in Wild - Managing Effects

Harvest in Wild - Managing Effects

Slide 19: Managing Effects of Bioprospecting

Managing Effects of Bioprospecting

Slide 20: Bioprospecting in the Marine Environment

Bioprospecting in the Marine Environment

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