Download FAR 2024/75 Final Report for a Community Based Shellfish Monitoring Frameworks Project

Guccione D.G.; Judd S.J; (2024). Final Report for a Community Based Shellfish Monitoring Frameworks Project. New Zealand Fisheries Assessment Report 2024/75. 86 p

This report covers a Community Based Shellfish Monitoring pilot project. This project was undertaken to test whether community groups could safely undertake shellfish monitoring by freediving and to build a set of resources to help other community groups start their own monitoring programmes. Ultimately, the goal is to enable better management decisions moving forward for shellfish in Aotearoa. The report includes:
• A set of results from trialling monitoring as an activity carried out by young Māori
• An overview of partnerships that were key to the success of the project.
• Links to a set of resources that can be copied and adapted for community groups to use anywhere in the country, to monitor ten different types of shellfish.