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May 21, 2020
Rescue Fish will be a radical change for commercial fishers because the Quota Management System will be dismantled and a new regime will apply. Initially Rescue Fish will apply to inshore fisheries. Rescue Fish policy. There will be no quota ownership. Time limited fishing permits will need to be purchased from the Crown. Only people ... Read more.
May 21, 2020
The Quota Management System is supported by the few investors that have benefited from the protection from competition granted by the QMS. The QMS enables these investors to position themselves in the value chain so they can extract rents from a market that lacks competition. In many cases the QMS has impoverished the fishermen and ... Read more.
May 21, 2020
The Quota Management System enables quota owners to skim most of the profits from fishing in an uncompetitive market. This means Kiwi consumers can pay up to $40 per kilo for fish in the supermarket while huge quantities of New Zealand’s fish are exported for less than $3.00 per kilo.
May 21, 2020
Until March 2020, around 90% of annual commercial catch was exported. The Covid-19 restrictions have limited exports of fish from March 2020. There is no available data that provides a clear breakdown of exports in terms of the proportions of inshore vs offshore catch.
May 21, 2020
In 2018 fish exports were worth around $1.6 billion. Finfish exports were worth around $860 million, the export of molluscs was worth around $390 million and the export of crustaceans including crayfish was worth around $340 million.
May 21, 2020
There are differences in how Fisheries New Zealand and LegaSea count the fish stock. Fisheries NZ say there are 642 fish stocks or smaller sub-stocks in the QMS. Research shows that there are a number of fish stocks that are split into smaller management units. Some of these smaller units are assessed separately for management ... Read more.
May 21, 2020
169 fish stocks or sub-stocks in the Quota Management System have a scientific assessment. For assessment purposes there are 685 fish stocks or sub-stocks included in the QMS. (A fish stock can be divided into two or more sub-stocks if it is large or if there are differences between areas.) 297 of the 685 stocks ... Read more.
