May 15, 2025
Published in Mahurangi Matters, May 2025. By Sam Woolford, LegaSea Project Lead. It’s been a roaring start to 2025 – proposals to allow commercial fishing in Highly Protected Areas in the Hauraki Gulf Marine Park, and reviews of our precious crayfish have kept us busy. The cherry on top is Shane Jones’ proposed changes to […]
April 13, 2025
Published in Mahurangi Matters, April 2025. By Sam Woolford, LegaSea Project Lead. Another summer has come to a close, and I hope you made the most of it, spending time on the water and creating memories with loved ones. Summer is also a time to reflect on how much our coastal marine environment has changed […]
April 11, 2025
Controversial fisheries reforms have generated the biggest public backlash in decades and non-commercial interests are saying their fight doesn’t end here. Around 25,000 people have submitted against a raft of changes to the Fisheries Act, concerned that environmental protections for coastal fish and marine life, built up over time, are being dismantled. Minister for Oceans […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
March 13, 2025
Published in Mahurangi Matters, March 2025. By Sam Woolford, LegaSea Project Lead. Former chairman of Sealord turned Minister for Oceans and Fisheries, Shane Jones, is using his newfound power to propose significant changes to the Fisheries Act that will impact your fishing future. The 71-page proposal document outlines a suite of changes, deceptively branded as […]
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 […]
March 11, 2025
Published in NZ Fishing World, March 2025 Shane Jones, Minister for Oceans and Fisheries, only has himself to blame for any political downside coming his Coalition’s way after releasing the latest set of radical proposals to privatise New Zealand’s fisheries. A LegaSea campaign pushing back against the proposals is underway now and requires strong opposition […]
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.
