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In July 2020, the
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raised the matter, a meeting was held with the NLC, and on the 11th anniversary of the High Court's Blue Mud Bay decision, traditional owners signed an agreement to allow fishing access to these waters for the following 18 months.
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The High Court ruled that the water lying over
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in between. It has a diverse inner coastline of many small bays, inlets, headlands and islands, bordered by intertidal
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land. The waters of the bay are used for commercial and recreational fishing, especially for
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