Update #29 – Your vote does matter when it comes to snapper

For New Zealand Fishing News magazine, issue December 2013

Reactions ranging from outrage to stoic have been aired since Nathan Guy released his decision, in September, for snapper within the area from North Cape to the eastern Bay of Plenty. The Minister has made a political decision in response to unprecedented public pressure, but that exposure was insufficient to sway him or his Ministry to retain existing recreational controls.