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    Behind the push to ‘modernise’ Fish & Game

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    By David Williams

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    Behind the push to ‘modernise’ Fish & Game

    A controversial Court of Appeal decision released last year said before a regional council can include a rule in its regional plan permitting farm pollution, it needs to show there won’t be significant adverse effects on aquatic life. The Government subsequently changed the law. Photo: Fish & Game

    James Meager gave a short, sharp pitch, set to inoffensive background music of upbeat drums and plinky, jazz piano.

    Statutory body Fish & Game needed to be modernised and strengthened, the Minister for Hunting and Fishing said in a social media video post in June.

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    David Williams

    David Williams is Newsroom’s environment editor, South Island correspondent and investigative writer.
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