Hon KIRITAPU ALLAN (Minister of Conservation) on behalf of the Minister for Oceans and Fisheries: I received advice from Fisheries New Zealand that extensive trawl and set netting prohibitions are in place to manage the risks of commercial and recreational fishing to Māui dolphins along the West Coast of the North Island. The measures are part of a suite of actions under a wider threat management plan, which include creating and extending set net bans and extending trawl closure areas. Together these provide a high degree of certainty that the current risk fishing has to Māui dolphin mortality is close to zero. If I receive evidence to the contrary, I can impose further restrictions. I also note that the rules include a provision allowing me to act immediately to impose further restrictions if a single dolphin is caught in the Māui dolphin habitat within the West Coast of the North Island.