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Catch limits will be increased for 26 fisheries and reduced for three fisheries as part of a regular round of reviews designed to ensure ongoing sustainability of fisheries resources.

  • Hon Stuart Nash
  • Fisheries

New government support will enable on-board cameras to be rolled out further across the inshore fishing fleet.

  • Hon Stuart Nash
  • Fisheries

The government is proposing changes to aquaculture legislation to improve the process for allocating and transferring aquaculture assets to iwi.

  • Hon Stuart Nash
  • Fisheries

Scientists and innovative fishing operators from Stewart Island and Fiordland to Nelson, Marlborough and Wellington have been honoured in the first ever Seafood Sustainability Awards.

  • Hon Stuart Nash
  • Fisheries

New environmental standards will make the re-consenting of existing marine farms more consistent across the country. 

  • Hon David Parker
  • Hon Stuart Nash
  • Environment
  • Fisheries

The Government has launched a bold plan to boost primary sector export earnings by $44 billion over the next decade, while protecting the environment and growing jobs.

  • Rt Hon Jacinda Ardern
  • Hon Stuart Nash
  • Hon Damien O’Connor
  • Hon Shane Jones
  • Prime Minister
  • Agriculture
  • Fisheries
  • Forestry

Extensive new protections are being put in place as part of an updated plan to look after New Zealand’s native Hector’s and Māui dolphins, announced Minister of Fisheries Stuart Nash and Minister of Conservation Eugenie Sage today.

  • Hon Stuart Nash
  • Hon Eugenie Sage
  • Conservation
  • Fisheries

Primary sector exports are on track to grow by $1.7 billion on last year helping underpin NZ’s Covid-19 recovery, says Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor.

  • Hon Stuart Nash
  • Hon Damien O’Connor
  • Hon Shane Jones
  • Agriculture
  • Fisheries
  • Forestry

Better protection for seabirds is being put in place with a new National Plan of Action to reduce fishing-related captures, Fisheries Minister Stuart Nash and Conservation Minister Eugenie Sage announced today.

  • Hon Stuart Nash
  • Hon Eugenie Sage
  • Conservation
  • Fisheries

The primary sector’s strength, resilience and ability to respond to the effects of drought and the global impact of COVID-19 is highlighted by a new report out today.

  • Hon Stuart Nash
  • Hon Damien O’Connor
  • Agriculture
  • Fisheries

The government is to provide further relief to the rock lobster industry due to severe market disruptions caused by the impact of the COVID-19 virus on the Chinese market.

  • Hon Stuart Nash
  • Fisheries

Government Ministers today celebrated 20 years of the Hauraki Gulf Marine Park/ Ko te Pataka kai o Tikapa Moana/ Te Moananui a Toi, and recognise there is much to celebrate and so much more to do to give nature a helping hand.

  • Hon Stuart Nash
  • Hon Eugenie Sage
  • Conservation
  • Fisheries

The government has agreed to help crayfish exporters to minimise the impact of trade disruptions caused by the coronavirus outbreak in China.

  • Hon Stuart Nash
  • Fisheries

Sustained high growth in primary industry exports looks set to continue over the next two years with strong prices predicted for farmers, fishers, growers and rural communities.

  • Hon Stuart Nash
  • Hon Damien O’Connor
  • Agriculture
  • Fisheries
  • Trade and Export Growth

A proposed national plan of action to reduce the number of seabirds caught in fisheries is being circulated for public feedback.

  • Hon Stuart Nash
  • Hon Eugenie Sage
  • Conservation
  • Fisheries

Groups involved with innovative fisheries research projects are encouraged to apply for government support in the latest funding round from the Sustainable Food and Fibre Futures programme.

  • Hon Stuart Nash
  • Fisheries

The Minister of Fisheries is calling for entries for a new public award to celebrate innovation in our seafood sector.

  • Hon Stuart Nash
  • Fisheries

Commercial catch limits for tarakihi will be reduced by a further 10 per cent as part of a package of measures to ensure sustainability of a number of fish stocks around the country.

  • Hon Stuart Nash
  • Fisheries

Tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou, ka nui te mihi kia koutou.

Thank you Bruce for your introduction, and welcome everyone.  

  • Hon Stuart Nash
  • Fisheries

The Government will work alongside the aquaculture industry to deliver economic growth and jobs for the regions as part of an ambitious goal for it to become a $3 billion industry by 2035.

  • Hon Stuart Nash
  • Fisheries

A pest seaweed is to be turned into a premium edible export in a Government funded venture announced by Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor and Fisheries Minister Stuart Nash today.

  • Hon Stuart Nash
  • Hon Damien O’Connor
  • Agriculture
  • Fisheries

The Government is taking action to improve the health of the Hauraki Gulf by supporting the restoration of shellfish reefs and beds announced Minister for Conservation Eugenie Sage at a meeting of the Hauraki Gulf Forum in Auckland on Tuesday evening.

  • Hon Stuart Nash
  • Hon Eugenie Sage
  • Conservation
  • Fisheries

The Government is moving to cut the complexity involved with re-consenting existing marine farms by creating a consistent set of rules across the country. 

  • Hon David Parker
  • Hon Stuart Nash
  • Environment
  • Fisheries

The Government is investing in a sea trial of a new bait setting device that could help to eliminate seabird captures during the tuna longline setting process.

  • Hon Stuart Nash
  • Hon Eugenie Sage
  • Conservation
  • Fisheries