Bycatch Buyout Scheme Proposed to Protect Hoiho

A Southland conservationist is proposing a bycatch buyout scheme to ensure a blue corridor for yellow-eyed penguins.
Anna Campbell, the former general manager of the Yellow-eyed Penguin Trust, announced her idea to buy out commercial fishing to reduce bycatch to zero, while picking up her Supreme Award for Alumni of the Year at the Young Enterprise Awards in December.
Campbell proposed to pay fair prices for fishing assets and reserve commercial quota in the ocean, transitioning to a sustainable blue economy where wildlife thrive...
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