On fisheries, Australia needs to be gotten ready for New Zealand as challenger instead of ally
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On February 1, senior Australian and New Zealand ministers signed a Joint Statement of Cooperation, acknowledging the long history of partnership in between the 2 countries.
The very same week, New Zealand turned down an Australian proposition on sustainable fishing at the yearly fisheries conference of countries that fish in the high seas of the South Pacific. The relocation has actually driven a wedge in between these conventional allies.
At stake was a contract by those countries to secure 70% of unique and susceptible marine environments, such as ancient corals, from devastating fishing practices like bottom-trawling.
Till December 2023, NZ was ...