Ten years in the making, the government has launched its plan to revitalise Auckland's Hauraki Gulf, and it's immediately been slammed for not including an outright ban on trawler fishing.
The new marine protection and fisheries plan establishes19 new protected areas across the gulf to regulate things like fishing and dumping.
The protections include bans on bottom trawling and dragnet fishing in five areas, while marine protected areas will triple, from 6 percent to 18 percent of the Gulf.
While the move has been praised for it's sustainability, it's also been criticised for not going far enough.
Finn Blackwell has more.
