11574 (2024). Teanau Tuiono to the Minister for Oceans and Fisheries

Written Question

Published date: 30 May 2024

Metadata

Document type:	Written Question
Parliament number:	54
Question number:	11574 (2024)
Question asked:	15 May 2024
Member asking:	Teanau Tuiono
Portfolio:	Minister for Oceans and Fisheries
Minister replying:	Hon Shane Jones
Answer received:	26 May 2024
Status:	Question Answered
Reply type:	Reply
Document ID:	WQ_11574_2024
Document guid:	b512b70e-a120-47e2-a308-2a5990f776cf

11574 (2024). Teanau Tuiono to the Minister for Oceans and Fisheries: What percentage of longline hooks set in the 2023/2024 fishing year had a hook-shielding device deployed with the hook?

Hon Shane Jones: I am advised that between 71 percent and 77 percent of surface longline hooks set in the 2023/24 October fishing year to date were deployed with a hook-shielding device.