June 21, 2024
Hauraki Gulf bill clears select committee
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Parliament’s Environment Committee has recommended the Hauraki Gulf Protection Bill be passed in its entirety.
The Bill would create 19 new protection areas in Tīkapa Moana Hauraki Gulf Marine Park.
Forest & Bird’s Hauraki Gulf lead coordinator, Bianca Ranson, says while the bill creates a new, innovative approach for ocean protection that reflects the wishes of the local community, including iwi and hapu, it does not go far enough.
She says for the gulf to have the best chance of recovery there must also be an end to bottom trawling and sufficient and immediate resources allocated to eliminate exotic caulerpa, which is rapidly spreading throughout Tīkapa.