Call us sticklers, but we’d like our grandkids to see fish in the sea, not just in photographs. That’s why it’s so important we stand together as Kiwis against this latest “reform” scam from Shane Jones and his pals in the fishing industry. 

Reform, by definition, is meant to improve a broken system. It should fix faults and remove incentives to abuse the system while introducing innovative ideas. But the Minister’s so-called fisheries “reforms” barely scratches the surface. Instead, it’s more of the same: propping up corporate quota owners and allowing destructive practices like bottom trawling, purse seining, and dredging to continue. We would like to be surprised, but who are we kidding – he was always going to do this.