Simmonds Penny; Cameron Mark; Simpson Scott; Brooking RachelPENNY SIMMONDS (National—Invercargill): Thank you Madam Chair. My congratulations to the Minister on her promotion. I wonder if the Minister would tell us with her southern roots what focus does she have on the fisheries around Stewart Island / Rakiura and in particular the world-famous Bluff oyster beds because I know there are a number of young people in the gallery tonight who would be interested to briefly hear her comments on that.MARK CAMERON (ACT): Thank you Madam Chair and thank you Minister for taking the opportunity to have a quick conversation about all things cameras on boats. Congratulations on your new role. Minister $68 million over four years—I'm cognisant of the fact that there were about 35 cameras installed of the 300 thus far from proof of concept in 2019. We're now 2023 Minister. I've questioned the Hon David Parker in this House and he said there were delays so I think this House would like to know why there are delays. We're now three years in Minister and that is $68 million over four years. So how are we going to get the 300 cameras rolled out in quick succession to meet the 2024 cut-off date?And can the Minister please allude to and give some insights to this House how the coastal commercial fishing fleet which is going to be the lion's share of the fleet affected by the camera roll-out reality what technologies she sees that industry adopting on the back of the facilitation of these cameras in regards to alleviating the 50 more or less bycatch which will see them fall into a prosecutorial reality which is quite substantial?The third question I have for the Minister—and maybe as she acclimates to the role she may not yet be aware of it—but what does a licensed fish receiver for unwanted bycatch look like when the average fish for unwanted bycatch by the kilogram for the costing to the individual commercial fishermen is about 30c in the kilo when those that are inside the quota management system by return are about a dollar? Can she ascertain what current technology would look like to alleviate that and what these licensed receivers are as a reality? If she could speak to that. Thank you very much.Hon SCOTT SIMPSON (National—Coromandel): Thank you Madam Chair. I want to join with others in congratulating the Minister on her new role and her good luck at being able to roll out the discussion document so early during her term of office. But I want to just follow up a little bit on the previous question relating to cameras. At select committee the Minister's predecessor said and I quote from the select committee's report The company responsible for delivering the cameras has encountered technical problems. The company had intended to deliver in March 2023 but the date has been pushed back to November 2023." So I'm keen to know what progress has been made on meeting that new belated deadline and what the Minister's intending to do from her point of view to hurry that along.Another question maybe Madam Chair or do you want to—CHAIRPERSON (Hon Jacqui Dean): Well if the member wants the call—Hon SCOTT SIMPSON: Well I think the Minister is making her mind up.Hon RACHEL BROOKING (Minister for Oceans and Fisheries): Thank you. Well I'll answer some of those questions on the cameras on boats. So Hon Scott Simpson thank you for acknowledging my good luck there. But you are asking about the arrangements with the fixed-price contract that Fisheries has with Spark. There has been a delay and there continues to be a delay so that is work that the ministry is working on extensively at the moment.Hon Scott Simpson: Well what's the Minister going to do about it?Hon RACHEL BROOKING: So what's the Minister going to do about it? We're working very hard with Spark to deal with those issues. The issues relate to some of the technology required for those cameras and Fisheries is doing a lot of the work that you can do that doesn't require that specific technology in the meantime. So if you're on a boat for instance and you're putting cameras in then you need a whole lot of kit to help that isn't the camera and isn't the technology—that's the issue. So that work is continuing to happen at pace so that all of the cameras when they are installed and with all the relevant technology will be as close to the proposed times as possible.The southern member Penny Simmonds alluded to some people in the House being from the beautiful Stewart Island / Rakiura if I'm correct. A couple of things I'd say in terms of Bluff oysters: obviously it's iconic fishery and it's surveyed regularly but it is dredge fishing so it does have some environmental impacts but those are closely monitored. In terms of the area as well the wider fisheries around the island there is obviously some very important aquaculture there as well and some moves for further out to have some open ocean aquaculture as well. So it's a great place for hopefully both the fish and the fishing."