On cover: Southern fisheries management area. Draft.

Library copy has handwritten title Southern FMP draft background papers. Received 9/7/84

Part I. General introduction -- 1.1 The need for a plan -- 1.2 Declaration of a fishery management area -- 1.3 General fishery management planning -- 1.4 Preparation of southern fishery management plan -- Pat II. The fisheries of the southern fishery management plan -- 1.4.1 Phase 1 or preliminary phase -- 1.4.2 Phase 2 or development phase -- 1.4.3 Phase 3 or review phase -- Part II. The fisheries of the southern fishery management area -- 1. Introduction - yield estimation and definition -- 2. Physical environment of the southern region -- 2.1 Hydrology -- 2.2 Bathymetry -- 2.3 Weather -- 2.4 Population distribution of the SFMA coastal zone -- 3. The commercial fishing industry -- 3.1 The catching sector -- 3.1.2 Boat fishing permits -- 3.1.2 Investment in the catching sector -- 3.1.3 Fishing vessels -- 3.1.4 The fishing methods -- 3.2 Processing sector -- 3.3 Recreational sector -- 4. The fisheries -- 4.1 Major finfish species -- 4.2 Major shellfish species -- 4.3 Other species -- 4.4 Marine farming -- 4.5 Marine reserves -- Part III Identification of issues and problems -- 1. Problems and issues in the inshore fishery -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Decline in fish stocks -- 1.3 Lack of information -- 1.4 Excess fishing effort -- 1.5 Effects of recent management measures -- 1.6 Allocation of the resources -- Party IV Proposed plan statement -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1 Purpose -- 1.2 Statement of Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries goals relating to FMPs -- 1.3 Proposed Southern Fisheries Management Plan goals and objectives -- Appendix 1. Past and present general fisheries management controls -- Appendix 2. Fishing methods referred to in section 3.1.1

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