Fishing industry calls for wider inquiry into impacts of erosion

Foresty debris snagged in fishing gear off the North Island. (Image: Supplied)

Mon, 24 Apr 2023

In the wake of the current inquiry into the impacts of sediment and forestry slash in Gisborne and Wairoa, inshore fishers want the government to take a wider look at the impacts of erosion.Following the government’s announcement of the ministerial inquiry into land use in Tairāwhiti/Gisborne and Hawke’s Bay, the main industry association of inshore fishers surveyed its 300-plus members to inform its submission and to ascertain if land-based activities were similarly impacting areas beyond the East Coast of the North Island. Th...

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