Minister for Oceans and Fisheries

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Minister for Oceans and Fisheries
Coat of arms of New Zealand.svg
Flag of New Zealand.svg
Shane Jones 2018 5.jpg
Incumbent
Shane Jones
since 27 November 2023
Ministry for Primary Industries
Style The Honourable
Member of
Reports to Prime Minister of New Zealand
Appointer Governor-General of New Zealand
Term length At His Majesty's pleasure
Formation8 March 1977
First holder Jim Bolger
Salary$288,900 [1]
Website www.beehive.govt.nz

The Minister for Oceans and Fisheries is a minister in the New Zealand Government responsible for the management of New Zealand's fisheries, including aquaculture, and for oceans policy.

Contents

The present minister is Shane Jones, a member of the New Zealand First party. [2]

Responsibilities

The Minister oversees Fisheries New Zealand, a business unit of the Ministry for Primary Industries (previously, the Ministry of Fisheries).

The Minister has responsibility for legislation related to fisheries, including the Fisheries Act 1996, the Maori Commercial Aquaculture Claims Settlement Act 2004, the Maori Fisheries Act 2004 and the Treaty of Waitangi (Fisheries Claims) Settlement Act 1992. [3]

History

The position was established in 1977 during the Muldoon government. Previously, responsibility for fisheries was exercised by the Minister of Marine until 1972 and by the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries until 1977. For a brief period from 2010 to 2011, the portfolio was known as Fisheries and Aquaculture. From 2011 until 2017, it was combined with related portfolios into the Minister for Primary Industries.

The title change to Minister for Oceans and Fisheries in 2020 was intended to balance commercial and environmental issues. [4] Responsibility for oceans policy was previously in the remit of the Minister of Conservation. [5]

List of ministers

The following ministers held the office of Minister of Fisheries. [6]

Key

   Labour    National    Progressive    NZ First

No.NamePortraitTerm of OfficePrime Minister
As Minister of Fisheries
1 Jim Bolger Bolger, 1992.jpg 8 March 197713 December 1978 Muldoon
2 Duncan MacIntyre Duncan MacIntyre Greg Tate (crop).jpg 13 December 197826 July 1984
3 Colin Moyle Colin Moyle, 1968 II.jpg 26 July 19849 February 1990 Lange
Palmer
4 Ken Shirley No image.png 9 February 19902 November 1990
Moore
5 Doug Kidd Doug Kidd 2014 (cropped).jpg 2 November 199016 December 1996 Bolger
6 John Luxton [nb 1] John Luxton (cropped).jpg 16 December 199610 December 1999
Shipley
7 Pete Hodgson Pete Hodgson XMediaLab 2008.jpg 10 December 199926 February 2004 Clark
8 David Benson-Pope David Benson-Pope.jpg 26 February 200419 October 2005
9 Jim Anderton Jim Anderton, 2010 (cropped).jpg 19 October 200519 November 2008
10 Phil Heatley Phil Heatley (cropped).jpg 19 November 200825 February 2010 Key
- David Carter

Acting

David Carter 2014.jpg 25 February 20101 April 2010
As Minister for Fisheries and Aquaculture
(10) Phil Heatley Phil Heatley (cropped).jpg 1 April 201014 December 2011 Key
2011–2017: No separate appointments (see Minister for Primary Industries)
11 Stuart Nash Hon Stuart Nash.jpg 26 October 20176 November 2020 Ardern
As Minister for Oceans and Fisheries
12 David Parker Hon David Parker.jpg 6 November 20201 February 2023 Ardern
Hipkins
(11) Stuart Nash Stuart Nash, 2023.jpg 1 February 202328 March 2023
- David Parker
Acting
Hon David Parker.jpg 28 March 202312 April 2023
13 Rachel Brooking Profile--rachelbrooking-2-390x2-UNC.jpg 12 April 202327 November 2023
14 Shane Jones Shane Jones 2018 5.jpg 27 November 2023Incumbent Luxon

Table footnotes:

  1. as Minister of Food, Fibre and Biosecurity from 31 August 1998

See also

Notes

  1. "Parliamentary Salaries and Allowances Determination 2016" (PDF). Parliament.nz. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
  2. "Ministerial List". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet . Retrieved 4 February 2023.
  3. "Oceans and Fisheries | Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (DPMC)". www.dpmc.govt.nz. 12 April 2023. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
  4. Small, Vernon (5 December 2023). "Back to the future with Shane Jones: Same office, new pitch". www.thepost.co.nz. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
  5. Daalder, Marc (7 January 2023). "Ocean Minister's progress after two years in job". Newsroom. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  6. Wilson 1985, pp. 94–98.

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