In April, over 25,000 of you made it pretty clear via our submission form that you did not want the proposed ‘reforms’ to the Fisheries Act to go ahead. Unfortunately, your voices have been ignored.

In an unsurprising turn of events, Shane Jones announced today that the government has agreed to his “reforms”, and will be drafted into a Bill by the end of the year. This is unsurprising because Shane makes zero effort in hiding his affiliations with the fishing industry and his desire to increase the exports of our fish overseas to fatten his ministerial portfolio.