Call to Ban Bottom Trawling in New Zealand
NZ at risk of more fishery collapses, warns spearfishing champion
New Zealand spearfishing champion Darren Shields is urging Oceans and Fisheries Minister Shane Jones to ban bottom-trawl fishing, believing it is setting the country up for more collapsed fisheries like two already ruined in Northland.
Shields, who has spent more than five decades fishing and filming marine environments including in Northland, said New Zealanders still had a narrow window to influence fisheries reform as Jones considers changes to commercial fishing regulations.
Proposals include allowing more bycatch...
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