Yeah I agree in many areas NZ fishing is badly in need of upgrading and reviving could really grow to twice it's size employment wise under smart management and SUPPORT like for one many NZ Maori Tribes were given muti-million dollar Quoters handout's ...Many of these Quoted fish species were then passed onto Foreign Fishing trawlers employing slave workers,low standards of catch etc
Now finally the National Gov is moving to remove the FFT...^^
"It is a national scandal that Maori, given settlement quota for the purpose of bringing young Maori into the business of fishing are now given a preferential right to use Third World foreign labour to harvest those very resources," Talley told Fairfax Media.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/indu...CVs-forced-out
Overall NZ fisheries biggest issues is the collective monopoly and effective control over the Industry by really a small amount of the wealthy few & Large Factories ...Now in many cases this means the vast bulk of NZ fisherman that catch the fish get a very small amount of the cut of the fish sold at the local store (we get paid $3-$5 New world sells for $40 etc) or export buyer price >>>very hard to improve the Quality of fish when your only just keeping your operation out of debt ...every year there is less and less NZ fishermen as Costs out-pace incomes very simple>>>>>> new tech... more R&D ..more support..new laws round Quoter owership-far to many non-fishermen buying Quoter for investments purposes driving up prices -- example --Crayfish ..Mr lawyer etc buys 1 ton for 500k leases to fisherman for 50k fisherman takes the risk sells caught fish for 60-70k next year lease price goes up but Cray prices dive fisherman loses out Lawyer still gets his 50k up front