"Professions pastimes, professions": An analysis of the West Coast whitebait regulations review 1989-95: Report presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Science in Resource Management

Abstract

The main aim of this report is to evaluate the review, development and implementation (the process) of the management regime for the whitebait fishery on the West Coast, during the period 1989-1995. Within this main aim the report has five objectives: 1. To detail and analyse 'the process', determining what went wrong and where. 2. To analyse the Department of Conservation as the managing institution. 3. To identify all involved parties (administrative and community), their values and the influence of those values on 'the process'. 4. To identify the sources of knowledge in 'the process' and the role each source has played. 5. To present conclusions and recommendations which could assist any future development and implementation of management regimes for the whitebait fishery.