Cameras on fishing boats rollout resumes – with a catch

As some warn of an end to New Zealand’s commercial fishing industry, Roger Rawlinson is expanding his fishing fleet. His big whānau-owned fishing company, RMD Marine, has just bought its seventh vessel, in anticipation of increases to the snapper catch allowance – and it has cameras on all of them.
He’d be willing to see cameras on all commercial fishing vessels. “For the older guys, it’s ‘Shit, big brother’s watching us’. But conversely, you’ve got young people who are happy to change. It doesn’t faze them. As a business owner, it’s a social licence thing – we want to be a transparent and socially responsible industry.”