Protect streamside vegetation by fencing it off from stock.
Plant native plants along stream edges to provide shaded habitats for
eels.
Create, protect and enhance wetlands on your property.
Encourage eel conservation and discourage over-fishing.
CONSERVATION
Longfin eel are an endemic species
and have a conservation rating of ‘at
risk, declining’.
THREATS
Threats include:
Commercial fishing.
Habitat loss and degradation.
resource consent to apply synthetic nitrogen fertiliser onto land in
pastoral land use at a rate higher than 190 kg/ha/year (sections 32 to 36 ).
What happens next?
The Government will announce more regulations in the near future. As we work through these, updates will be
posted here and communicated directly where necessary.
We recognise there may be challenges ahead, however the Council is committed to implementing the
Government requirements in an effective, pragmatic way
region’s resources.
1.1.4 Evaluation of environmental and administrative performance
Besides discussing the various details of the performance and extent of compliance by NPDC, this report
also assigns them a rating for their environmental and administrative performance during the period under
review.
Environmental performance is concerned with actual or likely effects on the receiving environment from the
activities during the monitoring year. Administrative performance is concerned with
management and, ultimately, through the refinement of methods
and considered responsible resource utilisation, to move closer to achieving sustainable development of the
region’s resources.
1.1.4 Evaluation of environmental and administrative performance
Besides discussing the various details of the performance and extent of compliance by the Company, this
report also assigns them a rating for their environmental and administrative performance during the period
under review.
Environmental
effects were detected. By comparison with previous years, the monitoring indicated a decline
in NPDC’s environmental performance due to this incident.
During the year, NPDC demonstrated a good level of environmental performance and high level of
administrative performance with regard to the resource consent for the Urenui Beach Camp (2046-3). This
rating was influenced by the occurrence of the Unauthorised Incident. NPDC demonstrated high levels of
environmental and administrative performance
compliance by the Company, this
report also assigns them a rating for their environmental and administrative performance during the period
under review.
Environmental performance is concerned with actual or likely effects on the receiving environment from the
activities during the monitoring year. Administrative performance is concerned with the Company’s
approach to demonstrating consent compliance in site operations and management including the timely
provision of information to Council (such
sustainable
yield basis. The concept of sustainable yield applies to both the quantity and quality aspects of
groundwater. With respect to quantity, sustainable yield means ensuring that the abstraction
rate does not cause long-term depletion of the groundwater resource…. The concept of
sustainable yield is implemented through the standards, terms and conditions contained within
regional rules
Through the procedures set out in the RFWP, the Council commits to:-
The monitoring of the
approach and that of consent holders
to resource management and, ultimately, through the refinement of methods and
considered responsible resource utilisation, to move closer to achieving sustainable
development of the region’s resources.
1.1.4 Evaluation of environmental and administrative performance
Besides discussing the various details of the performance and extent of compliance by
the consent holder/s during the period under review, this report also assigns a rating
as to each
species and have a conservation rating
of ‘at risk, declining’.
THREATS
Threats to this species include:
Habitat loss and degradation.
Predation, mainly by the introduced
mosquito fish.
QUICK FACTS
Brown mudfish are the largest
species of mudfish in New Zealand.
Though they are named mudfish they
much prefer clear, non-turbid waters.
They can survive around two months
out of water.
It was the first mudfish species to be
Full Taranaki Regional Council meeting agenda November 2020