Green Party statement on passing of FCV legislation
Thursday, 31 July 2014, 2:18 pm Press Release: Green Party
31 July 2014
Green Party statement on passing of
FCV legislation
The Green Party congratulates all
parties in Parliament for supporting the completion of the
Foreign Chartered Vessel legislation.
Legislation passed
today ensuring the end of a shameful era of human rights
abuses under successive governments and several fishing
companies.
“Human rights and proper monitoring of our
fisheries should have been the norm but sadly it has taken a
ministerial inquiry and years of struggle to get to where we
are today,” Green Party fisheries spokesperson Steffan
Browning said today.
“This legislation deals with a
stain on New Zealand’s international reputation regarding
working conditions.
“We hope that New Zealand
contributes to eliminating the abuse of fishers and crew
throughout the Pacific and beyond,” Mr Browning
said.
The Green Party also congratulates the investigative
journalists, human rights groups, churches, unions,
academics and individuals that exposed the abuses occurring
on foreign chartered
vessels.
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