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政府将出台新政策进一步缓解龙虾出口行业压力。此前由于新冠病毒（COVID-19）对中国市场的影响，新西兰龙虾出口行业受到严重冲击。

渔业部长斯图尔特·纳什（Hon Stuart Nash）同意将今年未捕捞的龙虾限额顺延到下一个捕鱼年，即从2020年4月1日至2021年3月31日。

“此决定会提高龙虾出口业前景的确定性。这可以有效地将今年未捕捞龙虾限额的10％转到明年。” 部长说。

“ 新冠病毒疫情使得新西兰龙虾在中国的市场暂时停滞。这是特殊情况，需要紧急响应措施。政府的这个决定为该行业带来一些经济上的缓解。

“上个月我同意，若出口订单取消，在某些情况下可以将活龙虾放回野外。此后，龙虾产业要求进一步的帮助，希望将今年未完成的年度捕捞限额（Annual Catch Entitlement）能顺延到下一个捕鱼年。”

“渔业部官员对受影响群体开展了的简短而有针对性的公众咨询，并对提案进行了测试。从毛利人，休闲娱乐产业，环境组织以及商业捕鱼产业中收到了近370份提案。”

“提案意见看法不一。非商业团体不赞成改变政策，毛利人组织普遍赞成10％顺延，商业团体则希望100％顺延。”

“我同意10％的顺延配额，因为符合配额管理系统中其他鱼类资源的规定。据估计，大约有120吨的龙虾年配额可以顺延到下一个捕鱼年。现在，根据生物安全和放生标准，该行业可以将龙虾放回野外。这将用于以后的收成，并弥补该行业今年订单的部分损失。”

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英文原文

Further relief for crayfish exporters

The government is to provide further relief to the rock lobster industry due to severe market disruptions caused by the impact of the COVID-19 virus on the Chinese market.

Fisheries Minister Stuart Nash has agreed to allow some of this year’s uncaught rock lobster harvest to be carried forward to the next fishing year, which runs from 1 April 2020 to 31 March 2021.

“Today’s decision means the rock lobster industry has greater certainty about business decisions. It can effectively defer up to 10 percent of this year’s uncaught rock lobster entitlement till next year,” Mr Nash said.

“The COVID-19 outbreak means the market for New Zealand rock lobster in China has temporarily collapsed. These are exceptional circumstances and require an urgent response. The government’s decision enables some financial relief for the industry.

“Last month I agreed that live rock lobster could be released back into the wild in certain circumstances, after export orders were cancelled.

“The rock lobster industry then asked for further help to enable some of their uncaught Annual Catch Entitlement (ACE) to be carried forward to the next fishing year.

“Fisheries officials tested the proposal through a short and targeted public consultation process with affected groups. Almost 370 submissions were received, from tangata whenua, the recreational sector, environmental organisations, and commercial fishing.

“Submissions were split. Non-commercial groups favoured no change to the rules, Maori organisations generally favoured a 10 percent carry-forward, and commercial interests wanted 100 percent carry-forward.

“I agreed with the 10 percent carry-forward, as it is in line with previous decisions about other fish stocks in the Quota Management System.

“It is estimated about 120 tonnes of rock lobster ACE could be carried forward to the next fishing year. The industry can now release rock lobster back into the wild, subject to biosecurity and survivability criteria. It will be available for later harvests and allow the industry to recover some of its anticipated income from the lost orders,” Mr Nash said.

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