Election 2023 - Fisheries Policy

Act

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Green Party

Spokesperson:

Eugenie Sage

• Enable tangata whenua to exercise their kaitiakitanga over the marine environment, including accessing their customary and commercial fishing resources.
• Legislate to make it easier to establish marine reserves and require a shared decision-making approach to ensure kaitiakitanga rights and customary fishing rights are protected.
• Working internationally and domestically for zero fisheries by-catch of marine mammals through stronger regulations of fishing practices and temporary closure of problem fisheries. 
• Phase out bottom trawling.
• Apply integrated marine ecosystem management to ensure fish and shellfish populations are maintained at ecologically healthy and resilient levels, recognising the dependencies between different species and the urgent need for intervention for some species.
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Labour

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National

Spokesperson:

Todd McClay

• Establish a Minister for Hunting and Fishing.
• Guarantee access to public land for hunting and fishing.
• Support Fish & Game New Zealand and protect trout and salmon fishing.
• Not introduce recreational licences for game animal hunting or sea fishing.
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New Zealand First

Spokesperson:

Winston Peters

• Stewart Island Salmon Farm - exempt aquaculture from the ‘Coastal Policy Statement 2010’.
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TOP

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Te Pāti Māori

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