Fish and Game Submission result today

Great work by those that put in a submission to protect our freshwater fishery.

Below a summary - approx 3500 emails sent - outnumbered any previous firearms submissions when it comes to input. Just goes to show that numbers do count! Well done.

Significant progress in our mission to safeguard the future of fishing and hunting in New Zealand
Parliament’s Environment Select Committee has reported back on the planned Natural and Built Environment Bill (NBE), which we believe would have had significant implications for the future of fishing and hunting in New Zealand and the role of Fish & Game.
Over the past few weeks, almost 12,000 people visited Fish & Game’s ‘Our Future’ website and nearly 3,500 Kiwis sent emails outlining their concerns to the Government and MPs.
Following this public outcry and the hard work of the Fish & Game team, the select committee has now recommended changes to the proposed law.
These changes include:
• enshrining the protection of the habitat of trout and salmon alongside the protection of indigenous species
• recognition of the values Kiwis place on public access to lakes and rivers
• recognition of the recreational use and enjoyment of the natural environment – and for these values to be maintained and enhanced

well done everyone who submitted. I know I did.

Love the optimism but the operative word is “recommended”. Does not make it so.

Still can’t get my head around the need for these very fundamental changes in the first place. Should have been front and centre of the revised RMA bill in the first place. Who was driving this and what was their end game???