A wide range of flags and slogans were on display during today\u2019s protest, several targeted at Oceans and Fisheries Minister Shane Jones. Photo \/ Anna Heath<\/p>\n
MPI explained warmer waters meant species such as snapper and John Dory may experience \u201cshifts in their home range and overall productivity\u201d.<\/p>\n
Cameron said MPI considers the evidence and information about what impacts climate change could have on warming seas and the effect on fisheries and their distribution.<\/p>\n
One of the responses to that work was looking at the regulatory systems, he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cHow do we make those a bit more agile, a bit more flexible, to account for the changes that we might see.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jones said the fishing industry had asked and he had instructed officials to look at how to \u201ccope\u201d when big fishing boats were catching fish that was never there historically, and catching more because of the technology they use.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you\u2019re catching a type of fish that\u2019s historically not been present in a net, and you\u2019re not able to bring it back to shore in a form that generates a good economic return, you are still being charged, through deemed value, a levy for having caught that fish.<\/p>\n
\u201cNow they\u2019re not targeting it. It\u2019s present because of changing water temperatures.\u201d<\/p>\n
He said smart regulatory responses that reflected oceanic changes were needed.<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019ve got to have practical solutions, because the fish is heading to Te Waipounamu, e hoa,\u201d Jones said.<\/p>\n He also joked he now needed \u201ccertain people in Te Tai Tokerau to follow the fish in the South Island\u201d.<\/p>\n After the hearing, RNZ asked if the minister was alarmed to hear fish were migrating, to which Jones replied it was reflective of his \u201cfavourite subject, climate change \u2013 not\u201d.<\/p>\n He said he was concerned if it imposed unnecessary burdens on the industry and they did not have the ability to deal with it.<\/p>\n Asked if the news gave him pause for thought around issues such as mining<\/a>, he said he responded to the issue by requiring officials to \u201cderive regulated responses on behalf of the state\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t want to close down the economy to keep a few shrill voices in Dunedin happy.\u201d<\/p>\n During the hearing, Jones also discussed the issue of public favour when it came to managing primary industries.<\/p>\n