Recreational fishers are protesting proposed fishing reforms in the Hauraki Gulf, including the allowance of commercial fishing in protected zones and the potential commercialisation of marlin bycatch, citing a lack of trust in policy implementation and broken promises.
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Sadly from time to time he does observe, Shane, put a stone on your tongue. He didn't quite like some of the one element in the fisheries. But look, very briefly I just want people to bear in mind fisheries is a shared resource and it has got very heated. I mean too many of these activists, Matt Watson and other, they've had too much carbonated water. And they're full of gas and they think that I want to destroy the fishing resource. They're absolutely correct. But sadly, there's a few toddlers up in Auckland like a bloke who organised a ha-ha-ha protest over the Harbour Bridge. They've got to go to the select committee and have their say and stop throwing around these reckless threats, etc., that they're doing with the backbenches from the National Party.
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The Country 02/04/26: Shane Jones talks to Jamie MackaySpotted something wrong on this page? Report a correction.
