MPI Auckland Coromandel Shellfish Public Consultation

MPI Auckland Coromandel Shellfish Public Consultation

Fisheries New Zealand (FNZ) is reviewing the management measures for recreational shellfish harvesting in the Auckland Coromandel area. Your submission matters and takes just 5 minutes. You can simply add your name, email, location, select an option and Submit OR you can help FNZ by providing more info. Submissions close 5pm, 12 June 2026. Your submission will automatically be sent to: FMsubmissions@mpi.govt.nz and you'll receive a confirmation.
About You
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Which option do you support?
MPI is proposing four options. If you've spent time on these coastlines fishing, diving, gathering kaimoana, or just watching, you already know what's happening to the shellfish beds. Many experienced fishers, divers, coastal communities, tourism businesses and environmentalists support Option 3 because it's the clearest rule, the hardest to cheat, and the most likely to actually bring our foreshore back to being healthy and functioning. Option 1 is also strongly protective. But this is your submission. so choose the option that genuinely reflects what you believe.
Why do you support this approach?
Which specific areas concern you most?
What community-led approaches would work here?
Key Issues to Raise (optional)
Would you like to raise any of these specific points in your submission? (we'll include relevant detail)
Which measures should be combined?
Is there anything you strongly OPPOSE in MPI's proposals? (optional)
Your Concerns
What issues matter most to you? (tick all that apply)

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Your submission will be individualised based on your answers. It will not be identical to anyone else's — MPI gives more weight to unique personal submissions than to form letters.
Your Story
Tell MPI why this matters to you personally. (Even 1–2 sentences makes a real difference. MPI officials read these.)
You might mention: • Memories of gathering kaimoana at local beaches — mussels, pipi, pāua, kina • Changes you've noticed over the years: fewer shellfish, smaller sizes, areas that used to be productive now stripped bare • What these coastlines mean to your whānau and community • Specific beaches or reefs you care about — whether on the Coromandel (Thames, Whitianga, Whangamatā, Tairua, Cooks Beach, Hahei, Waihi Beach), the Firth of Thames, Waiheke Island, Auckland's east coast (Maraetai, Beachlands, Cockle Bay), the Waitematā Harbour, Manukau Harbour, or west coast (Piha, Karekare, Bethells/Te Henga, Muriwai, Maori Bay/Maukatia, Whatipu) • The importance of protecting shellfish beds for your children or grandchildren • Cultural or customary significance of intertidal harvesting to your iwi or hapū • Changes in visitor numbers and harvesting pressure you've witnessed • If you live near the Waitākere Ranges Heritage Area — the unique ecological and public safety significance of west coast rock platforms • What you want these coastlines to look like in 20 years
Helper: You might mention: memories of gathering kaimoana, changes you've noticed over time, what you want for your children or grandchildren, or what these coastlines mean to your community.
Funding and Enforcement Resources
Do you think additional funding and resources are needed to make these measures work?
You might mention: more Fisheries Officers at key beaches during summer and public holidays; enforcement cameras at high-pressure locations; funded community ranger or kaitiaki programmes; multilingual signage and education campaigns; better coordination between Fisheries NZ, local councils, DOC, and iwi; and whether new rules without new resourcing will simply be ineffective. Strong rules require strong resourcing.
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MPI Auckland Coromandel Shellfish Public Consultation

About You

Which option do you support?

Key Issues to Raise (optional)

Your Concerns

Your Story

Funding and Enforcement Resources