Fishermen Differ

Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30560, 1 October 1964, Page 3

Fishermen Differ

(New Zealand Press Association)

AUCKLAND, Sept. 30. The fisheries protection launch, Maroro, should have arrested the Japanese fishing boat caught poaching off Bream head, said Mr G. P. Greig, secretary of the Auckland Fishermen’s Association today. “That is what would have happened in any other country," he said. “The boat would be taken back to port, it would have been stripped of all its gear and its fish would have been confiscated.” The Japanese fishing agency helped boat owners pay for gear lost, be said. the president, Mr W. Jennings, said the incident

showed the worthlessness of assurances that the Japanese would keep six miles offshore. “The Japanese agency might have good intentions,” he said, “but the fishermen themselves decide where they are going to work.” Several more Japanese dories were sighted five miles out from the Kaipara Harbour this morning. They were reported by Mr D. Lowe, skipper of the trawler Waikawa. “This further shows their contempt for our lack of policy and indecision,” said Mr Jennings. "Auckland fishermen are being goaded beyond endurance by this contempt, by departmental attempts to regulate their livelihoods out of existence and by the Government’s attitude of ‘couldn’t care less,’” he said.