{"id":60688,"date":"2023-08-10T08:38:13","date_gmt":"2023-08-09T20:38:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/?p=60688"},"modified":"2025-06-25T01:39:29","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T13:39:29","slug":"greenpeace-rebrands-mpi-building-as-ministry-for-destructive-fishing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/greenpeace-rebrands-mpi-building-as-ministry-for-destructive-fishing\/","title":{"rendered":"Greenpeace rebrands MPI building as \u2018Ministry for Destructive Fishing\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Greenpeace activists have hung a net full of \u2018bycatch\u2019 outside the Ministry for Primary Industries building in Auckland this morning, rebranding the government department \u2018The Ministry for Destructive Fishing\u2019.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2023\/08\/f6c16a36-ministryfordestructivefishing.jpg\" title=\"Greenpeace programme director Niamh O&#039;Flynn outside the Ministry for Primary Industries rebranded to Ministry for Destructive Fishing\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-60689\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2023\/08\/f6c16a36-ministryfordestructivefishing.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2023\/08\/f6c16a36-ministryfordestructivefishing-600x401.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2023\/08\/f6c16a36-ministryfordestructivefishing-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2023\/08\/f6c16a36-ministryfordestructivefishing-510x340.jpg 510w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Greenpeace programme director Niamh O&#8217;Flynn outside the Ministry for Primary Industries rebranded to Ministry for Destructive Fishing  (C) Oren Oaariki \/ GREENPEACE<div class=\"credit icon-left\"> \u00a9 Oren Oaariki \/ GREENPEACE<\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<p>This comes a day after the government announced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/enviro-groups-slam-decision-to-continue-trawling-hauraki-gulf\/\">it will allow destructive bottom trawling methods to continue<\/a> in large areas of the Hauraki Gulf marine park &#8211; despite 84% of people living around the Gulf wanting trawl methods banned.<\/p>\n\n<p>It also comes in the same week the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/nothing-transformational-about-fishing-industry-plan\/\">Fishing Industry Transformation Plan<\/a> was released, which Greenpeace criticised for leaving the door open for bottom trawling to continue.<\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cBottom trawling is the worst of the worst, destroying the seafloor and wreaking havoc on marine ecosystems\u201d, says Greenpeace Aotearoa programme director Niamh O\u2019Flynn..<\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cClearly, the Ministry has been captured by industry interests that put profit above ocean health.&nbsp; This was an opportunity to protect and restore ocean life by banning bottom trawling, and they have chosen not to, despite the evidence and despite the public mandate.\u201d<\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s as if the Ministry thinks that it works for the fishing industry in the interests of profit even if it means allowing indiscriminately destructive fishing practices to continue.\u201d<\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cToday, activists placed a net over an MPI sign to symbolise that they have been captured and challenge them to do better.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cWe can have a thriving ocean, but any government serious about that has got to take action against bottom trawling and ban it from the places it does the most harm. It\u2019s what people want, and it\u2019s what the ocean needs.\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>The decision to allow bottom trawling to continue in areas of the Gulf was made as part of the Hauraki Gulf Fisheries Plan released yesterday. The plan offers some protective measures but still allows bottom trawl methods, including trawling, dredging and Danish seining,&nbsp; to continue in large areas of the marine park, euphemistically d\ubbed \u201ctrawl corridors\u201d.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<lite-youtube style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/qscC03XQ4RY\/hqdefault.jpg');\" videoid=\"qscC03XQ4RY\" params=\"rel=0\"><\/lite-youtube>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n<p>A broad alliance of groups, including Greenpeace Aotearoa, made submissions on the plan calling for a total ban on all bottom trawl methods to protect the marine park which has been pushed to the brink by years of destructive human activity and fishing practices.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>Says O\u2019Flynn: \u201cOver <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/hauraki-gulf-alliance-petitions-parliament-to-protect-marine-park-from-destructive-fishing-practices\/\">36,000 people have called for a ban on bottom trawling <\/a>in the Marine Park, and in April hundreds showed up on the water and at Mission Bay beach to show their support. It\u2019s time for the government, MPI and the Minister for Oceans &amp; Fisheries Rachel Brooking to listen to these voices and act to ban trawl methods from the Gulf.<\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cThe movement against bottom trawling is strong, and it won\u2019t be stopped. Moving away from this method is urgent. We need political leaders with the courage to stand up to industry interests, and start making real gains for ocean protection before it\u2019s too late.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\t\t\t<section\n\t\t\tclass=\"boxout post-59310  sticky-bottom-mobile collapse show\"\n\t\t\tid=\"action-card\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\tdata-ga-category=\"Take Action Boxout\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-ga-action=\"Image\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-ga-label=\"n\/a\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"cover-card-overlay\"\n\t\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/petition\/hauraki-gulf-petition-ban-bottom-trawling\/\" \n\t\t\t><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img\n\t\t\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2022\/09\/6316815d-save-the-hauraki-gulf-marine-park-1024x538.png\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tsrcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2022\/09\/6316815d-save-the-hauraki-gulf-marine-park-600x315.png 600w, 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