Philip Heatley MP National Party Fisheries Spokesman
07 July 2005
Minister runs out of excuses on fisheries
report
National Party Fisheries spokesman Phil Heatley
says the Fisheries Minister is running out of excuses for
holding off on the release of a report into customary
fishing rights abuses.
“Labour called for this report in a
blaze of publicity during April last year, promising it
would be finished in 2004.
“Later, the timeline was
extended for submissions in February, with a final decision
in April. The latest advice is that Cabinet was supposed to
consider the report in June, with a release date this
week.
“The Minister is fast running out of week,” says Mr
Heatley.
“It has taken more than 15 months for Labour to
produce a single report. After sounding so determined to
tidy up the rules around customary fishing rights, is Labour
now trying to bury this controversial
issue?”
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