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Response
to option4 Cabinet Paper Rebuttal
Minister
of Fisheries
25
March 2002
Office of Hon Pete Hodgson
MP for Dunedin North
Minister of Energy
Minister of Forestry
Minister for Small Business
Associate Minister for Economic Development
Associate Minister for Industry
& Regional Development
Minister of Fisheries
Minister of Research, Science & Technology
Minister for Crown Research Institutes
Associate Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Minister Responsible for Timberlands
West Coast Ltd
25 March 2002
Paul Barnes
option4
PO Box 37951
Parnell
Auckland
Dear Paul
RECREATIONAL FISHERIES REFORM
I have read your correspondence regarding the Cabinet paper FIN
(01) 216. I do not agree with every one of the points you make but
I am not going to address the issues point by point. I wish to move
on and not to dwell on the past so I do not think it would be constructive
to re-litigate previous decisions. I am sure that your comments
will form an interesting backdrop to the debate that will occur
next year and this is where the focus should be now.
The Ministry is going to prepare a public discussion document with
some recommended changes to the management regime and all stakeholders
will get the opportunity to comment on it before I make my decisions.
Until this time the focus is on ensuring that everyone is up to
speed to contribute to an informed public debate. Unfortunately
due to a large number of demands on my time I am unable to meet
with you in the near future.
Yours sincerely
Hon Pete Hodgson
Minister of Fisheries
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