July 3, 2025
It’s that time again. Fisheries NZ has just dropped proposals to change catch limits for 35 different fish stocks around the country, with two more review papers expected by the end of June.
June 23, 2025
In 1901, the New Zealand Times published a warning about trawling in the Hauraki Gulf. It read: “Trawling is working fearful havoc on the feeding beds and spawning grounds on which we depend for our future supply…” That was 124 years ago. Trawling is the industrial dragging of large, weighted nets across the seafloor to […]
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 […]
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). […]
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 […]
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 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 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.
