Hon KRIS FAAFOI: I think it's important that we have some context to this. More than a third of New Zealand waters are completely closed to bottom trawling and dredging. Benthic protection areas also protect large areas of mostly pristine marine environment from trawling and dredging, and scientists have calculated that more than 90 percent of New Zealand's EEZ has not been bottom trawled since detailed position data began to be recorded in the early 1990s. The Minister also awaits with interest the Prime Minister's Chief Science Advisor's report on fisheries to further inform Government actions on this and other matters.