The implementation of ecosystem-based management in New Zealand – A Māori perspective

Highlights

• Traditional Māori marine governance was ‘ecosystem’-based.
• Māori have spent decades reclaiming marine governance and property rights.
• EBM could be considered ‘governance by stealth’, posing a threat to these gains.
• Any EBM in New Zealand must ensure Māori are engaged.

Keywords

Māori, Marine estate, Ecosystem-based management, EBM, Governance