Tirikatene Rino; Salesa JennyRINO TIRIKATENE (Labour—Te Tai Tonga): Thank you Madam Speaker. I'm delighted to speak in support of the Fisheries Amendment Bill. Can I acknowledge Mr Muller who has just resumed his seat for their support for this bill. This is a really important piece of legislation. It has had a long gestation under the previous Government and now through Minister Parker our oceans and fisheries Minister who is leading this work and has actually brought it through to this point. This Government has a vision. We want to ensure the long-term health and resilience of our ocean and coastal ecosystems including the role of fisheries. With that vision to the fore we have a very busy work programme of a range of measures that are coming through such as the implementation of cameras on boats and now also through fisheries systems reform through this bill. So this is a lot of work. I want to acknowledge all of the officials that have been involved and likewise the stakeholders who are a very important part of our industry because let's not forget that fishing plays a very important role in New Zealand in our economy and in our society. Commercial recreational and customary interests all form our fisheries regime and let's not forget that commercial fishing employs 13300 people. It contributes $4.2 billion per year in total economic activity. It included $1.35 billion in export revenues just through to the year June 2021. In addition recreational fishing is also a very popular activity in New Zealand. About 700000 people each year enjoy recreational fishing and they spend almost $1 billion on recreational fishing and related activities. We mustn't forget of central importance is the role of tangata whenua in fisheries—the customary fishing rights that have been affirmed through the Treaty of Waitangi through settlements that we have with the introduction that came of the quota management system. So there are a lot of stakeholders up right across the country who have a very keen interest in this legislation. This is a great piece of legislation because it updates a range of measures. Ultimately we want to improve the behaviour and we want to improve the productivity of our industry but also we want to look after the resource because we can have all the rules in the world and we can have all of the measures in place but if we don't look after the resource we don't look after what's in the ocean then what do we have? So I commend the Minister for introducing this legislation. Landings and discards—we want to really update these rules. I want to commend the Primary Production Committee. I know they will be giving a rigorous examination of this bill and will be hearing from submitters from up and down the length of the country. But ultimately these are measures which need to be put in place have long been called for. I want to acknowledge once again the role that this Government is playing led by our Minister to ensure that we continue to drive this work programme forward and to deliver on that vision. I commend this bill to the House.ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Hon Jenny Salesa): I call Tim van de Molen. It is good to see you. Welcome back to the House of Parliament.