Fishermen upset over agreement
PA ' Wellington New Zealand's commercial fishermen are concerned about last week’s agreement which ■ allows Japanese licensed boats to continue fishing in New Zealand waters until 1984. “They have been allocated the same quota,” said the j! federation’s secretary, Mr | Ray Polson. “September, 1984, is a long way away and i we .will be taking up the r matter with the Government. » “These sorts of decisions " are being taken but they won’t make decisions about the domestic industry, which is developing at quite a
steady pace. The Japanese have been given a better deal than any other country fishing in New Zealand’s 200 mile economic zone,” Mr Polson said. The secretary of the Seafood Processors Exporters Association, Mr lan Hamilton, said that the agreement was a political move to appease foreign nations. He believed it was still possible for the Government to alter the quotas. “Letting the Japanese into the zone is like letting someone into your house without ; telling them how many rooms they are allowed to occupy,” Mr Hamilton said.
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