October 1, 2006

Mari­time Uni­on Gen­er­al Sec­ret­ary Tre­vor Han­son says com­ments by cor­por­ate heads of New Zeal­and’s fish­ing industry shows their out­look is out­dated.

He says some fish­ing bosses are try­ing to under­mine a Gov­ern­ment plan to ensure mar­ket rates were paid to all fish­er­men in New Zea­l­and waters.

Mr Han­son says the moves by the Gov­ern­ment are the res­ult of a long pro­cess of invest­ig­a­tion, and needed to hap­pen to bring New Zea­l­and into line with Inter­na­tion­al Labour Organ­iz­a­tion (ILO) stand­ards.