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GA 1990 REC 038 - Activity Report

Submitted by Barry.WEEBER.2 on Sat, 11/30/2019 - 11:01
General Information
Hooker's sea lion
IUCN Constituent: 
Environment and Conservation Organisations of New Zealand
IUCN Constituent type: 
IUCN Member
Period covered: 
2019
Geographic scope: 
Pacific Ocean
Country/Territory: 
New Zealand
Implementation
Indicate and briefly describe any actions that have been carried out to implement this Resolution: 
ActionDescriptionStatus
Policy influencing/advocacy- None -
Policy influencing/advocacyThis resolution has only been partially implemented and the state of NZ Sea lions has got worse since this resolution in 1990. The Sea Lion is now listed as endangered. The marine mammal sanctuary and marine reserves only extends to 12 nautical miles offshore the Auckland Islands which was already closed to fishing. Sea lions are caught in trawl nets fishing for squid, scampi, southern blue whiting and hoki. ECO supported measures promoted by the Forest and Bird Protection Society (another IUCN member) to close part of the Auckland Islands shelf to squid fishing during the sea lions breeding season. this proposal was rejected by the NZ Minister of Fisheries and he adopted measures which will not allow the sea lion to recover.On-going
Please report on the result /achievement of the actions taken: 
The marine mammals sanctuary was only adopted for 12 nautical miles offshore, an area already closed to fishing. The NZ Minister of Conservation has not taken further action to extend this sanctuary to include the area of "the feeding grounds of the sea lion".
What challenges have you encountered in implementing this Resolution and what measures have you taken to overcome them?: 
The poor legislation in New Zealand in the management of fisheries which does not include the precautionary approach, which does not protect threatened species, and gives too much consideration to commercial fisheries.
Identify and briefly describe what future actions are planned for the implementation of this Resolution: 
Future ActionDescription
Policy influencing/advocacyFurther action with other NZ IUCN members to promote the adoption of measures to protect the feeding grounds of this sea lion.