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Commercial trawling and Danish seine fishing vessels will be prohibited from operating within two nautical miles of shore in the Eastern Bay of Plenty, Fisheries Minister Pete Hodgson said today.

An Australian expert says New Zealand's management of orange roughy and other deepwater fisheries is the best in the world, despite mistakes with some orange roughy fisheries.

The development of an Oceans Policy will be as significant for New Zealand as the resource management law reform process that began under the last Labour government, Pete Hodgson said today.

The ocean defines New Zealand.

We lie at the centre of the watery hemisphere. To travel abroad, we must take a long journey over water.

Minister of Fisheries Pete Hodgson said today he was pleased there would be extra public meetings in the Auckland area to discuss options for the future management of recreational fishing.

Minister of Fisheries Pete Hodgson today announced fisheries management changes for the new fishing year beginning on 1 October 2000.

Nineteen deepwater seamounts around New Zealand are being closed to bottom trawl fishing to safeguard the marine life and habitats they support, Minister of Fisheries Pete Hodgson announced today.

(Address to the New Zealand Marine Sciences Society conference, Waikato University, Hamilton).

Thank you for the opportunity to open this conference.

The commercial fishing season for rock lobster in the Gisborne area is being extended by a month to the end of September 2000, Minister of Fisheries Pete Hodgson said today.

The Government is keen to improve the legal framework for managing aquaculture and has released a discussion paper, "Aquaculture, Join the Discussion".

There can't be many New Zealanders who've never been fishing. For a lot of us, me included, going fishing is part of what it means to be a New Zealander. Especially if we catch something.

New Zealanders are getting a new opportunity to have their say on how recreational fishing should be managed, says Minister of Fisheries Pete Hodgson.

The Government will seek international agreement for up to three New Zealand vessels to catch toothfish in Antarctica's Ross Sea this summer, Foreign Minister Phil Goff and Minister of Fisheries Pete Hodgson announced today.

The Budget funding for the New Zealand Biodiversity Strategy includes a major investment to protect and enhance New Zealand's marine environment, says Fisheries Minister Pete Hodgson.

The Government is committing $2.5 million over the next three years to develop an integrated oceans management strategy for New Zealand, Minister of Fisheries Pete Hodgson said today.

Minister of Fisheries Pete Hodgson announced today the formal establishment of the Kawhia Aotea Taiapure (local fishery) in the Kawhia and Aotea Harbours, Waikato, effective 8 June 2000.

Thanks for the opportunity to speak. I’ve been looking forward to today.

Increasing value not volume is the way to greater earnings for the seafood industry, Fisheries Minister Pete Hodgson told the New Zealand Seafood Industry Council conference in Nelson today.

South Island freshwater eels will be introduced to the Quota Management System by October 1 this year, Minister of Fisheries Pete Hodgson said today.

The Government will compensate fishers for any reduction in catch history for particular species when they are introduced to the Quota Management System, Minister of Fisheries Pete Hodgson announced today.

The Government is postponing a decision on whether the fishing industry can directly purchase fisheries research, Fisheries Minister Pete Hodgson said today.

The Ministry of Fisheries will review the monitoring system for managing
southern bluefin tuna, Minister of Fisheries Pete Hodgson said today.

The Ministry of Fisheries will review the monitoring system for managing
southern bluefin tuna, Minister of Fisheries Pete Hodgson said today.

The Government is postponing a decision on whether the fishing industry can directly purchase fisheries research, Fisheries Minister Pete Hodgson said today.