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Hauraki marine protection tweaked to allow some commercial fishing (www.1news.co.nz)
submitted 3 weeks ago by GGNZ to c/newzealand
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So, we're preventing Kiwis from fishing here to protect declining fish stocks, yet commercial fishing is still allowed to operate in the same area?

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[–] deadbeef79000 6 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

FFS next they'll open it for oil drilling and subsidise the oil companies doing it.

[–] Fizz 4 points 3 weeks ago

Can we please just go one week without the current government undermining regulations

[–] Dave 3 points 3 weeks ago

These guys just hit the jackpot. Not only can they continue to fish there, no one else can. So they will end up with larger catches.

I tried to think of a good analogy but couldn't think of any.