The Green Party can reveal that in 2019/2020, more seabirds were reported as killed by fishing than the previous four years.

The Green Party will work with Labour this term to ensure better protections for our oceans, Green MP Eugenie Sage said today.

Today’s ruling that Talley’s deep-water fishing division, Amaltal, is guilty of bottom trawling in the Hikurangi Marine Reserve demonstrates the need for increased fisheries enforcement and strong marine protected areas off our coasts, Green MP Eugenie Sage said today.

Claims of illegal fishing and live finning of great whites in New Zealand waters show once again that cameras on fishing boats are long overdue, and must be urgently rolled out.

Click here for our 2020 Election Priorities for Thriving Oceans Everyone in Aotearoa New Zealand should be able to swim, fish, and collect kai moana in our waters, free from pollution. When we use the sea’s resources we should do so sustainably. The sea should be protected from pollution, drilling and mining The Coastal Policy Statement should be amended to address sewerage disposal, run-off in rivers, and sedimentation from on-land development. The risk of oil and chemical spills should be...