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Had a very interesting and informative meeting with the Minister of Conservation and in my opinion was left in no doubt that there will be some challenging times ahead for Fish and Game and our environment if National govern alone!
The Governors, Regional Chairs and managers meeting in November will have the future management of Mallards as one of its main topics.
The sub gauge exception was dealt with and resulted in three motions being passed, the general gist of them being (Actual wording will be different)-
-Status quo of the sub gauge exception continues
-That it not be reviewed annually with at least three years before it is reviewed again.
-That staff put together an application for funding from the research budget to find out the extent of lead poisoning of waterfowl in NZ