Maori Fisheries restructure starts as funding, fairness questions begin

Maori Fisheries restructure starts as funding, fairness questions begin
By Suze Metherell July 22 (BusinessDesk) - Plans to restructure Te Ohu Kaimoana, including giving iwi control of Aotearoa Fisheries and its $543 million fishery assets, will be consulted over the next year to find a fair way to evenly distribute power between tribes and fund the fishery trust body.  Under the Maori Fisheries Act in 2004, TOKM was set up to manage the fishing quota awarded to Maori in the 1992 fisheries settlement.  Last month, iwi rejected recommendations from the 2015 independent review of the fisheries settlement, writt...