Fishing industry’s future shaped
By
OLIVER RIDDELL
In Wellington
The fisheries working party that reported to the Government yesterday has reached about 95 per cent agreement on the future shape of the fishing industry. Several sticking points remain, the biggest being the inability of the working party to apportion Maori and Crown representation on the proposed Fisheries Commission.
The working party agreed to a Crown-Maori partnership on the commission but was divided on the proportions of each. The Minister for State-Owned Enterprises, Mr Prebble, and the Minister of Fisheries, Mr Moyle, promised they would give the report priority. Mr Prebble said it would be discussed by the Cabinet on Monday and the Ministers involved would meet the Maori working party on fisheries next week for further negotiations. The fisheries working party has now been formally disbanded.
The working party has said the industry’s biggest weakness was its failure to be self-funding and had recommended that the section of the Fisheries Amendment Act, 1986, requiring a revolving fund for research, observation and surveillance be implemented.
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