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TOS Partnership Meeting, May 2015

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28 May at 09:30 from atlas

The annual TOS Marine Biosecurity Partnership Meeting was held on 22 May 2015. This year the theme of the meeting was: Regional pathways management - potential and challenges.

Notes from the meeting, and the speakers presentations can be viewed below.

Notes from the meeting
Partnership Meeting 2015 (PDF, 274K)

Presentations
Annual Report (PDF, 136K)
Presented by Peter Lawless, TOS Partnership Coordinator

Cutting edge approaches to marine biosecurity in Northland (PDF, 1.4M)
Presented by keynote speakers - Don McKenzie and Irene Middleton, Northland Regional Council

Bay of Plenty approach to Sabella incursion (PDF, 1.9M)
Presented by Hamish Lass, Bay of Plenty Regional Council

MPI's work on national marine pathways (PDF, 1.1M)
Presented by Rose Bird, MPI

The technical basis for pathways management (PDF, 1.4M)
Presented by Barrie Forrest, TOS Partnership Scientist

Making pathways management work in a regional context (PDF, 137K)
Presented by Peter Lawless, TOS Partnership Coordinator

Marine transport perspective on pathways (PDF, 205K)
Presented by Annabel Young, NZ Shipping Federation

Recreational boaties perspective on pathways (PDF, 274K)
(Summary can be found on page 7, Notes from the meeting)
Presented by John Hellstrom

Aquaculture perspective on pathways (PDF, 961K)
Presented by Rebecca Clarkson, Aquaculture NZ

The meeting included an interactive session. The attendees were divided into groups. Each group was given a different task and invited to develop ideas on next steps for pathways management.
Tasks:

- Advantages of regulating pathways

- Perils of regulating pathways

- Incentives for good pathways behaviour

- Getting more effective with public awareness for pathways management

- How can we better engage with industries?

The results can be viewed on the notes from the meeting (from page 8)