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Jones raises concerns over fish heading south – Otago Daily Times

Dated 5 December 2025

By Lillian Hanly / Otago Daily Times

The Oceans and Fisheries Minister has raised concerns about fish “heading to Te Waipounamu” due to warming waters.

“In my lifetime, we’re seeing the drift into the South Island of fisheries resources that have been historically located in the North Island,” Shane Jones said.

The minister appeared before the Primary Production select committee for Scrutiny Week on this morning, and was asked about his “favourite topic, climate change” by Green MP Teanau Tuiono.

“I did anticipate this question,” Jones responded.

In October, Tuiono had asked Jones about the risk posed by warming oceans to the sustainability of the fishing industry after the Our Marine Environment 2025 report showed the rate of warming in ocean waters around New Zealand was 34% faster than the global average warming rate.

Read the full story by Lillian Hanly here at the Oatgo Daily Times

 

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