A conference on Maori industry will consider adopting an Icelandic fishing model here that could boost New Zealand's economy.
It's one of several talking points to be raised at the Charting Pathways for Maori Industry Futures two-day hui at Waitangi in the Bay of Islands, starting next Monday.
It's run by Te Putea Whakatupu Trust, which helps to grow Maori economic development.
In May this year, the trust led a team of fisheries industry leaders on a trip to Iceland to investigate how that nation has improved its fishing industry.
Chair Richard Jefferies says the nation's success has been achieved partly through using almost every part (97%) of a fish such as cod.
He says the team found new technology being used to make quality cod-liver oil, and visited a fish head and back drying plant.
Mr Jefferies says those parts of the fish had traditionally been thrown away.
The drying plant packages the products, which are sold in Africa.
