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Minister of Fisheries, Hon John Luxton, today announced that he had released a report into the long running dispute over the management of the Tauranga Harbour fishery.

  • John Luxton
  • Fisheries and Aquaculture

The release of the Ministry of Fisheries ' five year strategic plan emphasised the importance of the fisheries sector to New Zealand, Fisheries Minister Hon John Luxton said today.

  • John Luxton
  • Fisheries and Aquaculture

New Zealand has closed its ports to all Japanese boats fishing for Southern Bluefin Tuna (SBT), Acting Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Upton and Minister of Fisheries John Luxton said today.

  • John Luxton
  • Fisheries and Aquaculture

The Minister of Fisheries today presented to Parliament the Government's response to the recommendations of a report on the fisheries cost recovery regime by the Primary Production Select Committee

  • John Luxton
  • Fisheries and Aquaculture

Minister of Fisheries, Hon John Luxton met representatives of the commercial fishing fraternity in Motueka yesterday to hear their concerns on a range of issues.

  • John Luxton
  • Fisheries and Aquaculture

Acting Foreign Minister Simon Upton and Fisheries Minister John Luxton today condemned Japanese plans to begin experimental fishing of the depleted Southern Bluefin Tuna (SBT) stocks from this Frid

  • John Luxton
  • Fisheries and Aquaculture

The Minister of Fisheries, Hon John Luxton, today announced the appointment of Tony Hartevelt as the independent reviewer of the Fisheries Act 1996.

  • John Luxton
  • Fisheries and Aquaculture

Five Russian vessels forfeited to the Crown in February will be returned to their Russian owners, Murmansk-based firm Karelrybflot, Minister of Fisheries John Luxton announced today.

  • John Luxton
  • Fisheries and Aquaculture

The Minister of Fisheries, Hon John Luxton, today announced that Dr Brent Wheeler would no longer be involved in the review of the Fisheries Act 1996.

  • John Luxton
  • Fisheries and Aquaculture

The Minister of Fisheries, Hon John Luxton, is to recommend to Cabinet that the prohibition on the export of Bluff oysters under the Customs and Excise Act be lifted from October.

  • John Luxton
  • Fisheries and Aquaculture

Potiential abuse of legitimate customary fishing rights will be prevented through new regulations governing customary fishing in the South Island, the Minister of Fisheries, Hon John Luxton, said t

  • John Luxton
  • Fisheries and Aquaculture

The Minister of Fisheries, Hon John Luxton, has announced that this year?s Bluff oyster season will start on 1 May this year, a month earlier than last year.

  • John Luxton
  • Fisheries and Aquaculture

Minister of Fisheries, Hon John Luxton, today announced that Cabinet has agreed to a series of reforms aimed to overcome some of the constraints to efficient resource use in the commercial fishing

  • John Luxton
  • Fisheries and Aquaculture

The Minister of Fisheries, John Luxton, has released the report and recommendations of the tribunal of the Maori Land Court into East - Otago taiapure-local fishery proposal and has announced that

  • John Luxton
  • Fisheries and Aquaculture

The squid fishery surrounding the Auckland and Campbell Islands (SQU 6T) will be formally closed at noon on Friday 27 March for the rest of the year, Acting Fisheries Minister Lockwood Smith announ

  • Dr Lockwood Smith
  • Fisheries and Aquaculture

The Minister of Fisheries, Hon John Luxton, today announced that Dr Brent Wheeler of Brent Wheeler and Company Limited would review the Fisheries Act, 1996.

  • John Luxton
  • Fisheries and Aquaculture

The Minister of Fisheries, Hon John Luxton, and the Minister of Conservation, Hon Nick Smith, today announced they would reduce the current limit on New Zealand sea lion deaths around the Auckland

  • Nick Smith
  • Fisheries and Aquaculture

The Minister of Fisheries, Hon John Luxton, and the Minister of Conservation, Hon Nick Smith, today announced they would reduce the current limit on New Zealand sea lion deaths around the Auckland

  • John Luxton
  • Fisheries and Aquaculture

The Minister of Fisheries, the Hon John Luxton, today announced that he has appointed Judge Peter Trapski to conduct an inquiry into a dispute between commercial and non-commercial fishing interest

  • John Luxton
  • Fisheries and Aquaculture

Hon John Luxton, Minister of Fisheries, announced today that Cabinet has recently approved amendments to a number of fisheries regulations.

  • John Luxton
  • Fisheries and Aquaculture

The Minister of Fisheries, Hon John Luxton, today expressed his disappointment at the outcomes of the latest round of talks with Japan and Australia on the conservation of southern bluefin tuna (SB

  • John Luxton
  • Fisheries and Aquaculture

Minister of Fisheries, Hon John Luxton, today said a Labour Party spokesperson, Jill Pettis, was wrong to say Ministers were ignoring the sea lion problem in the sub Antarctic Islands.

  • John Luxton
  • Fisheries and Aquaculture

Minister of Fisheries, Hon John Luxton, today said that he had been advised by the Ministry of Fisheries Chief Executive Officer, Mr Warwick Tuck, that the new conditions for customary fishing will

  • John Luxton
  • Fisheries and Aquaculture

Minister of Fisheries, Hon John Luxton, said this afternoon that any fishing boat which was fishing illegally could be confiscated, along with its fish catch and even other assets of registered own

  • John Luxton
  • Fisheries and Aquaculture