The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) noted in their regulatory impact statement that they have data limitations. Further to that consultation that was held in February and in March in 2019, they left MPI determining that they had little insight on the marginal impact on the operational costs or any one-off costs that may be required. MPI has acknowledged that the operational and administrative costs that fishers incur from catching and processing fish is not accessible to them and that there are varying complexities with each fishing operation. However, what MPI do state is that the majority of the cost for implementing this regime is, effectively, expected to fall directly on to the commercial operators, of which many are smaller, independent operators, and they will be hit the hardest. 