Westpac report the fishing, aquaculture and seafood sector is experiencing falling employment, lacklustre long-term export revenue growth, and increasing challenges over fish allocations. There is strong growth potential in new techniques such as Precision Seafood Harvesting and value add.
The social licence to operate is under scrutiny and more needs to be done to show New Zealanders why current commercial fishing ought to be permitted. Westpac report. 30 March 2016.