Snapper. In October last year, the Minister of Fisheries tried to close part of the Hauraki Gulf to commercial snapper fishing for half the year because too many baby snapper were being killed. The industry responded with a lawsuit to block the closure and has successfully used legal devices to keep the case before the courts (and the fishery open) ever since.
MALCOLM FRANCIS
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Forest and Bird, Issue 282, 1 November 1996, Page 25
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64Snapper. In October last year, the Minister of Fisheries tried to close part of the Hauraki Gulf to commercial snapper fishing for half the year because too many baby snapper were being killed. The industry responded with a lawsuit to block the closure and has successfully used legal devices to keep the case before the courts (and the fishery open) ever since. MALCOLM FRANCIS Forest and Bird, Issue 282, 1 November 1996, Page 25
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