Who does what for whom and why?
PICL is owned and operated by five regional commercial
stakeholder groups – PauaMACs – whose membership comprises
of paua quota owners, ace holders, divers and processors. PICL provides
coordination, advisory and advocacy services for each of the five
PauaMACs and/or the individual industry members who ask for those
services. The underlying objective for PICL is that its work should
add value to the Paua fisheries and to the paua industry. “Adding
Value” entails:
- Enhancing fisheries;
- Saving money,
- Reducing costs,
- And/or getting better bang for the bucks that
are cost recovered from industry by MFish or by SeaFIC;
- And/or increasing industry share of paua fisheries;
- And/or protecting against a reduction in that
share;
- And/or getting better compliance with paua regulations;
and/or protecting and enhancing access to wild stocks; and/or
reducing the complexity of record keeping and reporting requirements
etc.
PICL is not just about arguing for or against
TACC adjustments. PICL assists PauaMac’s in maintaining and
enhancing the fisheries, the right to fish, and the profitability
of the industry.
PICL also promotes the Paua industry – at a domestic level
through newspaper articles, articles in recreational media, radio
and occasional television media opportunities. Maintaining a positive
industry profile is important to the protection of commercial fishing
rights. PICL provides industry and fishery information to politicians
and bureaucrats and will contribute feature articles to Seafood
NZ magazine. Also an international promotion by way of attendance
and presentations at conferences, seminars, contributions to international
journals, dialogue with fisheries managers in other paua / abalone
producing countries. PICL plays a “watchdog role” –
routinely monitoring national and regional politics and policies
to ensure no adverse impacts on paua fishing. Having links to SeaFIC
and other commercial stakeholder organisations enables PICL to keep
tabs on issues that are relevant to paua fisheries. More importantly,
the links between PICL and PauaMac’s enable PICL to make timely
submissions on these issues.
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