Hon KIRITAPU ALLAN: There is $1.36 million being provided to the Sustainable Wild Whitebait Fishery Project, which will be delivered by the West Coast Regional Council and is expected to create 13 jobs over the next two years. This project aims to improve whitebait spawning habitat by removing weeds from 25 streams and installing 13 kilometres of fencing along 18 rivers, estuaries, and lagoons. Alongside the Government's announcement of pragmatic changes to whitebait regulations earlier this year, these efforts will improve the sustainability of a threatened species while ensuring that Coasters can continue the tradition of catching a feed in their local river into the future.