23/04/2026
Marine Deals opposes the govt’s fisheries amendment bill and we encourage customers to send in their submission (urgently) by 29th of April
https://legasea.co.nz/kill-the-fisheries-amendment-bill/
https://legasea.co.nz/fisheries-amendment-bill-submission-form/
It’s an acceleration of mining fish in the ocean using bottom trawling!
We’re asking everyone to get involved right now and help flood social media with a clear, unified message - make a submission opposing the Fisheries Amendment Bill before the chance disappears on 29 April.
The Fisheries Amendment Bill is now in front of the Select Committee, and this is our last real chance to push back before it becomes law. If you do one thing tonight, make a submission here: https://legasea.co.nz/fisheries-amendment-bill-submission-form/
Then share this post, tag your mates, tag your local MPs, and keep it moving. If you’ve got your own audience, feel free to take this message and run with it in your own voice as well, because the more people saying the same thing at the same time, the harder it is to ignore.
This Bill is being framed as progress, but it’s taking us backwards.
It moves us further away from healthy, abundant fisheries and fair access for New Zealanders. It removes key environmental safeguards and allows catch limits to be set without properly considering the impacts on the wider marine environment. It also reduces public input and locks everyday Kiwis out of decisions for years at a time.
The Bill aims to concentrate more control witha handful of quota owners, prioritise exporting our fish, and reduce transparency, including by banning public access to onboard camera footage.
The Bill opens the door to more waste by allowing more fish to be dumped overboard, and proposes removing minimum size limits for some species on commercial boats, meaning juvenile fish can be landed before they’ve had a chance to reproduce. That benefits no one, not even the commercial sector, in the long run.
New Zealand’s fisheries are a public resource, and they must be managed to ensure healthy oceans, abundant fish, and fair access for current and future generations.
We’ve already seen that when people show up and make submissions, it can shift outcomes.
Make your submission, share this post, tag your MP, and bring others with you. Let’s make it impossible to ignore.
Kill the Bill.
