Attitudes towards Government assistance for commercial fishers to transition to safer methods

of fishing

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Method

n=1,000

Respondents were New Zealanders aged 18 and over. In total 1,000 New Zealanders took part in this research.

Respondents were sourced from Colmar Brunton’s online panel. The data was post-weighted so the final sample is representative of New Zealanders 18+ by age, gender, and region.

Fieldwork – 9 – 16 January 2017.

Only demographic differences that are significant at the 95%

confidence interval are shown.

Percentages may not add to 100% due to rounding.

The question was placed in a standalone online survey.

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Findings

T h r e e q u a r t e r s o f N e w Z e a l a n d e r s a g r e e t h a t t h e G ove r n m e n t s h o u l d s p e n d m o n e y t o a s s i s t c o m m e r c i a l f i s h e r s t o t r a n s i t i o n t o d i f f e r e n t , d o l p h i n s a f e , m e t h o d s o f f i s h i n g i n M ā u i d o l p h i n h a b i t a t ( 7 5 % ) .

Q Do you think that the Government should spend money to assist the commercial fishers to transition to different, dolphin safe, methods of fishing in Māui dolphin habitat? Note: Full question wording is in the appendix. Base: All respondents (n=1,000). Percentages may not add to 100% due to rounding.

75%

13%

12% Unsure

Yes

No

Females are more likely than Males to agree the Government should help fund commercial fishers’ transition to safer fishing methods (78% and 72% respectively).

Males are more likely than females to disagree the Government should help fund commercial fishers’ transition to safer fishing methods (16% and 10% respectively).

Question

Quest ion

Michael Dunne or E l len Par khouse

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