HOKOTEHI MORIORI TRUST Original proposed marine consent mining area, - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

CHATHAM ROCK PHOSPHATE MARINE CONSENT APPLICATION HEARING November 2014 Presentation From HOKOTEHI MORIORI TRUST

Original proposed marine consent mining area, including prospecting permit area PP55971 and prospecting area PP55967, which is no longer part of the marine consent application

Chatham Rise

The waters around New Zealand’s Chatham Islands teem with life. The highly productive waters support massive phytoplankton blooms that sustain valuable stocks of fish. This image, taken by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite on December 5, 2010, shows the lar arge an annual spr sprin ing-time bl bloom.

NABIS map showing Moriori i Rohe Moana (red circle) and Chatham Rise Benthic Protection Areas (black rectangles). Yellow box shows approximate location of CRP proposed mining area

Ch Chath tham Ris ise e BP BPA and min inin ing per ermit t and applic lication areas – red ed arc shows where Mor oriori rohe moa oana bis isects ts th the min inin ing appli lication area (m (marked by th the cr cream shaded rectangle le). T This is shows th that t th the proposed min inin ing area is is whol olly with ithin in th the e Moriori i Roh ohe Moa oana.