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May 29, 2025
Kahawai, also known as the people’s fish, is dear to most Kiwi’s hearts. It’s the fish we caught first when we were kids off the rocks, the wharf, the beach or the dinghy with the dodgy outboard. So it’s apt that it has its own special day. National Kahawai Day, 28th May. Yes, we may ... Read more.
May 8, 2025
With the Fisheries Reform Scam submissions now in, we’ve finally had a bit of breathing room to shift focus toward some more positive things (well – aside from the latest NZSFC Pod and Reel episode, which is a heavy but important listen about the fairly recent tragedy involving three fishers from the Gisborne Tatapouri Club). ... Read more.
April 16, 2025
Thank you! More than 25,000 of you took the time to write a submission opposing the Fisheries Act amendments. That’s massive. And it’s proof that every day New Zealanders care deeply about the health of our ocean and the future of our fisheries. Thank you for lending your voice, for standing up, and for making ... Read more.
April 4, 2025
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 ... Read more.
March 27, 2025
We’ve been going hell for leather, encouraging everyone fired up about Shane Jones’s industry pandering to turn that energy into submissions, and it’s paying off. The Minister’s decisions for crayfish between on the northeast coast between Te Arai Point and East Cape (CRA 2) and in the deep south (CRA 7) just dropped, and despite ... Read more.
March 20, 2025
We’ve been swamped by pragmatic Kiwis alarmed by Shane Jones’s fisheries reform proposals. Sure, reforms can be positive – just not this one. It’s a scam – literally defined as a “fraudulent or deceptive act or operation.” If the proposed changes go ahead, they’ll strip away public consultation from important future fisheries decisions, limit camera visibility on boats ... Read more.
March 12, 2025
It’s time to step up and introduce our campaign, a direct response opposing Shane Jones’ proposed amendments to the Fisheries Act. The Minister has made it clear that he’s out to privatise our fisheries and we’re saying the proposals aren’t reforms, they’re a scam. The Fisheries Reform Scam is a proposal that sounds innocent enough on ... Read more.
March 5, 2025
Marine ecosystems in New Zealand are already under serious pressure. Yet our Minister for Oceans and Fisheries, Shane Jones, is pushing changes to the Fisheries Act that would undermine the very transparency measures – like onboard cameras and public access to footage – that have exposed the real impact of commercial fishing.
February 24, 2025
Shane Jones’ latest proposal package, conveniently framed as a “Fisheries Reform”, is nothing but a wishlist of changes hunted by quota owners for over two decades. It represents a major loosening of controls on commercial fishing and grants wide powers to the Minister to increase commercial catches on a whim. The Fisheries Act is being ... Read more.
February 18, 2025
This morning’s announcement by Shanes Jones, Minister for Oceans and Fisheries, proposed major changes to the Fisheries Act that threaten to remove public consultation, weaken governance, camera regulations, and discard rules. During the press conference, the Minister for Oceans and Fisheries was overt in his support for commercial fishers and quota owners. At the same ... Read more.
