Nā Te Pou Kaimoana o Ngāi Tahu te Mahere Tauatanga o Murihiku i whakarite i te tau 2008 hai whai hua mō te whakatipuranga hou kaihao ika o Ngāi Tahu, kia tū kaha tonu te mahinga kaimoana o Murihiku, kia pakari ai ngā umanga ika mō ngā uri ā muri ake nei.
Nā te tautoko me te tawharautanga ki ngā kaihao ika tekau i Ngāi tahu ko uru mai ki tēnei kaupapa, ka whai wāhi ki te pūnaha haonga ika. Kai Awarua tēnei kaupapa e whakahaeretia ana. Ko te Mahere Tauatanga o Murihiku te ara tuatahi hai whiri muka tangata i waenganui i ngā kai hī ika o Ngāi Tahu kia noho māoriori umanga me te whakawhaneke.