If you were one of 5,500 submitters objecting to the Fisheries Amendment Bill, we want to say a huge thank you for supporting future generations to have their say.
We want all fishers to be able to have a say. Innovation in managing our fisheries is not shutting the public out by using gazette notices to notify fishers of changes to daily bag limits.
Our next step is to keep the conversation going. We don't want important proposals like the Amendment Bill to become buried in the mud. We aim to present oral submissions to parliament later in the year, and encourage people to keep sending submissions through, as we will take them with us to parliament. So, keep spreading the word and get people to submit here.
You can read the New Zealand Sport Fishing Council submission here. New Zealand Underwater Association and New Zealand Angling and Casting Association were also signatories for this submission.
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