Thursday, March 31, 2011

Experts declare war

It started out in innocence, as things sometimes do, but this week an eight-year-old issue has gone from one extreme to the other. Back in 2003 the then Marlborough Sounds iwi took a case to the Maori Land Court. Their dispute arose from the Marlborough District Council failing to involve or consult them in the allocation of areas for commercial aquaculture in the Sounds.

Preceding their complaint was an unholy grab for commercial aquaculture, where local Maori never got a look in. That was the first extreme which led local Maori to seek a decision from the Maori Land Court to give them customary title to the foreshore and seabed of the whole of the Marlborough Sounds. Read more ...

This blog is written by Martin Little The Aquaculturists, published and supported by the International Aquafeed Magazine from Perendale Publishers.

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