1. Description: Description of the Marlborough Sounds fishery area (see map)

2. Strategic issues:

• Customary Fishing/Iwi relationship with the Marlborough Sounds
• Recreational Fisheries
• Commercial Fishing
• Tourism and Charter Tourism
• Marine Farming
• Pollution
• Land use
• Conservation/Marine reserves

3. Current management regimes:

• Customary practice
• MFish recreational restrictions
• Commercial fishing management regime
• Paua Fishery Plan
• Marine reserves
• Iwi rahui and other occasional restrictions

4. Species Specific Issues: Prioritisation of species⁵:

1. Blue Cod
2. Snapper
3. Paua
4. Scallops
5. Flatfish
6. Butterfish/Moki
7. Crayfish
8. Kawhai
9. Kina
10. Terakihi
11. Groper
12. Sea Perch
13. Elephant Fish
14. Garfish

5. Key Challenges: The key challenges for the Marlborough Sounds Community are:

• To encourage and inspire community cohesiveness
• Momentum
• Consistent community Message
• Commonalities outweigh the differences
• Promote Kaitiakitanga and stewardship

*5 Refer p 4, minutes of MSFMWG meeting 31 March 2004. [Attach further analysis in an Appendix]