The Rescue Fish policy and background material were sent to the Prime Minister and Ministers for Maori Crown Relations: Te Arawhiti, Finance, Environment and Fisheries on 24 April 2020. A discussion with the Minister of Fisheries Stuart Nash was due in early May. Presentations were made earlier in 2020 to the Labour Party Maori Caucus; and Ministers of Fisheries, and officials from the Ministry for Primary Industries and various government agency officials, including Treasury in 2019.