Minister of Fisheries (New Zealand)

Minister of Fisheries
Coat of arms of New Zealand
Flag of New Zealand
Incumbent Hon David Parker since 6 November 2020
Ministry of Fisheries
Style	The Honourable
Member of	Cabinet of New Zealand Executive Council
Reports to	Prime Minister of New Zealand
Appointer	Governor-General of New Zealand
Term length	At Her Majesty's pleasure
Formation	8 March 1977
First holder	Jim Bolger
Salary	$288,900[1]
Website	www.beehive.govt.nz

The Minister of Fisheries in New Zealand is a current cabinet member appointed by the Prime Minister to be responsible for New Zealand's aquaculture and fishing industries and to oversee the Ministry of Fisheries. Similar duties were performed previously by the Minister of Marine.

The present Minister is David Parker, a member of the Labour Party.^[2]

List of ministers[]

The following ministers held the office of Minister of Fisheries.^[3]

Key

  Labour   National   Progressive

No.		Name	Portrait	Term of Office		Prime Minister
	1	Jim Bolger		8 March 1977	13 December 1978		Muldoon
	2	Duncan MacIntyre		13 December 1978	26 July 1984
	3	Colin Moyle		26 July 1984	9 February 1990		Lange
							Palmer
	4	Ken Shirley		9 February 1990	2 November 1990
							Moore
	5	Doug Kidd		2 November 1990	16 December 1996		Bolger
	6	John Luxton		16 December 1996	10 December 1999
							Shipley
	7	Pete Hodgson		10 December 1999	26 February 2004		Clark
	8	David Benson-Pope		26 February 2004	19 October 2005
	9	Jim Anderton		19 October 2005	19 November 2008
	10	Phil Heatley		19 November 2008	14 December 2011		Key
2011-2017: No separate appointments
	11	Stuart Nash		26 October 2017	6 November 2020		Ardern
	12	David Parker		6 November 2020	present

See also[]

• Aquaculture in New Zealand
• Fishing industry in New Zealand

Notes[]

References[]

• Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.