33932 (2025). Teanau Tuiono to the Minister for Oceans and Fisheries

33932 (2025). Teanau Tuiono to the Minister for Oceans and Fisheries: How many of the reported by-catch incidents, if any, were prosecuted in the last ten years; listed by year?

Hon Shane Jones: Under the Fisheries Act 1996, it is not illegal to catch by-catch, provided it is reported as required. Over the past ten years, MPI has taken four prosecutions for a fisheries offence(s) that involved a protected species by-catch incident.