Responses to Government

Response to the Review of Sustainability Measures for the 1 October 2024/2025 Fishing Year (PDF)

Response to the Resource Management (Freshwater and Other Matters) Amendment Bill – June 2024 (PDF)

Response to the Ministry for Primary Industries on the Resource Management (Extended Duration of Coastal Permits for Marine Farms) Amendment Bill – June 2024 (PDF)

Response to Environment Select Committee on the Fast-track Approvals Bill – April 2024 (PDF)

Response to the Hauraki Gulf / Tīkapa Moana Marine Protection Bill – November 2023 (PDF)

Response to the Māori Affairs Select Committee on the Māori Fisheries Amendment Bill – April 2023 (PDF)

Response to the Natural and Built Environment and Spatial Planning Bills – March 2023 (PDF)

Response to the review of sustainability measures for the 1 April 2023/2024 fishing year – February 2023 (PDF)

Response to the review of the sustainability measures for the fishing year beginning on 1 April 2022 – January 2022 (PDF)

Response on the wider roll out of onboard cameras – December 2021 (PDF)

Response to further measures to protect hectors dolphins – December 2021 (PDF)

Response to the review of the Crown Minerals Act – follow-up questionnaire – December 2021 (PDF)

Response to the proposed amendments to the Fisheries Act to ensure New Zealand continues to meet its international fisheries obligations – November 2021 (PDF)

Response to the Review of Recreational Daily Bag Limits for Finfish – November 2021 (PDF)

Response to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Trade (MFAT) on the Secretariat for the Convention on Biological Diversity’s draft documents for the Post-2020 global biodiversity framework – August 2021 (PDF)

Response to the East Coast Tarakihi TAC/TACC review for the 1 October 2021/22 fishing year – August 2021 (PDF)

Response on the exposure draft of the Natural and Built Environments Bill (and accompanying parliamentary paper) – August 2021 (PDF)

Response on the development of Aorere ki uta Aorere ki tai – Tasman Environment Plan – December 2020 (PDF)

Response to Ministry for the Environment’s Reducing the Impact of Plastics on our Environment – December 2020 (PDF)

Response to the Supplemental Petition to Ban Imports of All Fish and Fish Products from New Zealand – October 2020 (PDF)

Response to the Department of Conservation’s ‘Giving effect to Treaty principles’ document – August 2020 (PDF)

Response to the Department of Conservation and Ministry for Primary Industries on the proposed South East Marine Protected Areas – August 2020 (PDF)

Peer review of the draft documents for the Post-2020 global biodiversity framework – July 2020 (PDF)

Response to Fisheries New Zealand to the review of  Sustainability Measures for 1 October 2020 – July 2020 (PDF)

Response to the Environment Select Committee on the COVID-19 Recovery (Fast-Track Consenting Bill) (Government Bill 277-1) – June 2020 (PDF)

Response to the draft Conservation Services Programme Annual Plan – June 2020 (PDF)

Comments on Fisheries New Zealand’s Draft Inshore Finfish Fisheries Plan – February 2020 (PDF)

Views on the proposal to improve the allocation and transfer process provided in the Maori Commercial Aquaculture Claims Settlement Act 2004 – February 2020 (PDF)

Views on the issues and options paper of the Resource Management Review Panel – February 2020 (PDF)

Response to Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade on the Zero Draft of the new Global Biodiversity Targets – February 2020 (PDF)

Response to Fisheries New Zealand’s April Sustainability Rounds – February 2020 (PDF)

Response to the proposed National Plan of Action – Seabirds 2020 – January 2020 (PDF)

Response to the review of the Crown Minerals Act 1991 – January 2020 (PDF)

Response to the Climate Change Response (Emissions Trading Reform) Amendment Bill – January 2020 (PDF)

Response to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s request for comments on area-based conservation measures and other matters – January 2020 (PDF)

Submission on application for resource consent U190438 – December 2019 (PDF)

Response to Te Koiroa o Te Koiora: our shared vision for living with nature – September 2019 (PDF)

Response to Te Kaweka Takohaka mō te Hoiho and Te Mahere Rima Tau – September 2019 (PDF)

Response to the Transport and Infrastructure Committee on the Maritime Transport Amendment Bill – September 2019 (PDF)

Response to Fisheries New Zealand Draft Squid 6T Operational Plan – September 2019 (PDF)

Response to Fisheries New Zealand and the Department of Conservation’s Hector’s and Māui Threat Management Plan Review – August 2019 (PDF)

Response to Fisheries New Zealand review of sustainability measures 1 October 2019 – July 2019 (PDF)

Preliminary views to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade on negotiations on a new Global Framework for Biological Diversity – June 2019 (PDF)

Response to the Secratariat for the Convention on Biological Diversity on the priorities for negotiations on a new framework for implementing the Convention on Biological Diversity – June 2019 (PDF)

Response to Fisheries New Zealand’s ‘Your fisheries, your say’ consultation document – March 2019 (PDF)

Preliminary views to the Department of Conservation on the development of a revised New Zealand Biodiversity Strategy – March 2019 (PDF)

Response to Fisheries New Zealand’s Review of Sustainability Measures for Rock Lobster (CRA3), (CRA4), (CRA8) and Marlborough Sea Cucumber (SCC7A) for 2019/20 – February 2019 (PDF)

Response to Fisheries New Zealand’s Recreational Rules Review for the CRA 2 Rock Lobster Fishery – December 2018 (PDF)

Response to the Department of Conservation’s Draft 6th National Report under the Convention on Biological Diversity – November 2018 (PDF)

Response to Fisheries New Zealand review of recreational management measures for PAU3, PAU7 & CRA5 – October 2018 (PDF)

Response to Fisheries New Zealand’s Review of North Island Eel Sustainability Measures for 1 October 2018 – 2018/04 – September 2018 (PDF)

Response to Fisheries New Zealand Review of Sustainability Measures for 1 October 2018 – August 2018 (PDF)

Response to ‘Amendments to regulations to support digital monitoring and innovative trawl technologies in the commercial fishing sector’ – June 2018 (PDF)

Response to the Environment Committee on plastic pollution – May 2018 (PDF)

Response to Building on the Fisheries Settlement – May 2018 (PDF)