Hauraki marine protection tweaked to allow some commercial fishing

https://www.1news.co.nz/2024/12/22/hauraki-marine-protection-tweaked-to-allow-some-commercial-fishing/

So, we're preventing Kiwis from fishing here to protect declining fish stocks, yet commercial fishing is still allowed to operate in the same area?

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deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz · 6 pts · 1y

FFS next they'll open it for oil drilling and subsidise the oil companies doing it.

Fizz@lemmy.nz · 4 pts · 1y

Can we please just go one week without the current government undermining regulations

Dave@lemmy.nz · 3 pts · 1y

These guys just hit the jackpot. Not only can they continue to fish there, no one else can. So they will end up with larger catches.

I tried to think of a good analogy but couldn't think of any.