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Source: Fish and Game NZ
A review into Fish & Game has outlined a tranche of recommendations to modernize governance protocols and decision making.
New Zealand Fish and Game Council chairperson Ray Grubb says the review provides an overdue and welcome health check of the organisation. While it proposes some significant changes, he is encouraged it endorses Fish & Game’s core strengths.
“It is encouraging that it is a ringing endorsement of our strong environmental advocacy on behalf of our 150,000 anglers and game bird hunters. It also provides a template for future results,” Mr Grubb says.
The review report, released today by Acting Conservation Minister Dr Ayesha Verrall, culminated in extensive engagement by independent reviewers.
It recommends reducing the number of Fish & Game regions from 12 to six, the number of governors on each council from 12 to eight and suggests ways to include iwi throughout Fish & Game.
Mr Grubb says the review panel went to exceptional lengths to canvass the full raft of views from both within Fish & Game and external stakeholders.
“What the reviewers identified is a huge disparity in views on the future structure. The review report, therefore, provides solutions where consensus was not going to be possible.”
The Minister has established an implementation panel, which will also be chaired by Mr Grubb, as a signal that Fish & Game shall continue to manage its own affairs.
“I must also thank the review panel members – Belinda Clark and John Mills – for their thorough and frank appraisal of Fish & Game, one that has many positives for the organisation to take into the future.”
WHAT IS FISH & GAME?
Fish & Game manage trout, salmon and game birds to provide healthy recreation for Kiwis.
We work to protect the environment that anglers and hunters have enjoyed as a tradition for over 150 years.
