54338 (2025). Chlöe Swarbrick to the Minister for Oceans and Fisheries

Written Question

Published date: 04 Dec 2025

Metadata

Document type:	Written Question
Parliament number:	54
Question number:	54338 (2025)
Question asked:	18 Nov 2025
Member asking:	Chlöe Swarbrick
Portfolio:	Minister for Oceans and Fisheries
Minister replying:	Hon Shane Jones
Answer received:	01 Dec 2025
Status:	Question Answered
Reply type:	Reply
Document ID:	WQ_54338_2025
Document guid:	796af070-8de9-4009-8027-2a170b42d362

54338 (2025). Chlöe Swarbrick to the Minister for Oceans and Fisheries: What stakeholders, if any, supported excluding Aotea from the decision to close rock lobster fishing in the Hauraki Gulf?

Hon Shane Jones: Fisheries New Zealand consulted on my behalf on the proposed inner Hauraki Gulf closure. The consultation sought stakeholders’ views on the inner Hauraki Gulf closure but did not explicitly seek views on including Aotea in a closure.