\u201cThe second type of post we\u2019re seeing and hearing is that they\u2019re looking for other places to go. The west coast is being tagged, including places like Whatip\u016b, which is a scientific reserve.\u201d<\/p>\n
A pin dropped at Whatip\u016b in a conversation about harvesting marine life. Photo \/ Red Note<\/p>\n
The Herald has reviewed social media posts where users spoke about where to look for shellfish. One had a pin dropped on the map in Whatip\u016b.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey say go here, the mussels are really good, or the barnacles are really good, and this is the time you go in.\u201d<\/p>\n
That sort of language being used, said Bartlett, where it\u2019s okay to take it from anywhere as long as it\u2019s legally allowed. Bartlett said they don\u2019t seem to know it\u2019s a scientific reserve.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s really important to make sure that everyone knows it\u2019s not just one particular race or cultural group. It\u2019s happening across the board. It\u2019s everywhere. It is a human problem.\u201d<\/p>\n
Parliamentary under-secretary for oceans and fisheries Jenny Marcroft visited environmental groups in Muriwai on Monday last week to hear their concerns.<\/p>\n
\u201cProgressive governments haven\u2019t really tackled this issue,\u201d Marcroft said. \u201cThey\u2019ve been too afraid to jump in and say actually, no, our coastlines are really important to us.\u201d<\/p>\n
Marcroft said the rockpools faced pressure from population growth and that time is of the essence to protect the rockpools.<\/p>\n
Undersecretary for oceans and fisheries Jenny Marcroft visiting environmental groups at Muriwai to hear their concerns. Photo \/ Jenny Marcroft<\/p>\n
She advised the west coast groups on how the two-year ban was enacted via the Fisheries Act 186a closure process.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is led by iwi. Then it goes out for public consultation, and that\u2019s when all the community groups and locals can put input into it and come out and support it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ultimately Marcroft said the law was out of date and needed to restrict harvesting.<\/p>\n
Bartlett agreed, and said there needs to be legislation to protect marine life throughout the Auckland region, not just in Whangapar\u0101oa.<\/p>\n
Most people followed the law, but the law wasn\u2019t enough protection. If people were allowed to harvest from rock pools, they would, Bartlett said. <\/p>\n
\u201cThat is why we\u2019re saying, let\u2019s put education with legislation, because education takes a long time. The ecosystem needs time to recover, and we can educate while that\u2019s happening.\u201d<\/p>\n
What motivated Bartlett was seeing the coast rejuvenate when people stopped harvesting there.<\/p>\n
\u201cSomeone had to do it because otherwise there\u2019s going to be nothing for the next generation, and that\u2019s just not right.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cThe second type of post we\u2019re seeing and hearing is that they\u2019re looking for other places to go.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":298732,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[806,51,3952,1060,7974,11154,11586,44973,2893,28164,2082,28450,424,12814,111,43,139,69,6029,164358,18678,34703,4758,165,3807,52635,1533],"class_list":{"0":"post-298731","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-zealand","8":"tag-as","9":"tag-auckland","10":"tag-aucklands","11":"tag-ban","12":"tag-beaches","13":"tag-begins","14":"tag-coast","15":"tag-environmental","16":"tag-fear","17":"tag-fears","18":"tag-for","19":"tag-groups","20":"tag-life","21":"tag-looms","22":"tag-new-zealand","23":"tag-news","24":"tag-newzealand","25":"tag-nz","26":"tag-once","27":"tag-rockpools","28":"tag-shellfish","29":"tag-stripped","30":"tag-taking","31":"tag-their","32":"tag-west","33":"tag-whangaparoa","34":"tag-will"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298731","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=298731"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298731\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/298732"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=298731"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=298731"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=298731"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}