17 November 2016
Bill
[FYI request #4768 email]
Ref: DOIA 1617-0580
Dear Bill,
Thank you for your email of 16 October 2016 requesting under the Official Information Act 1982, the
following information:
a) how many complaints to the Ministry of Primary Industries and its former guise as the Ministry of
Fisheries were made between 2002 and 2016 about abuses on FCVs by workers, advocates for
workers, and legal actors and others;
b) how many of those companies were investigated;
c) how many times did officials board vessels to investigate those alleged abuses;
d) were reports written about those alleged incidents;
e) how many complaints led to prosecutions or censures:
f) how many workers who complained (or who were involved in complaints by those acting or them)
were deported in the months following those complaints?
Your request has been transferred to the Ministry from the Minister for Primary Industries and is being
processed in accordance with the Official Information Act 1982. If you have any enquiries regarding your
request, you may contact us via email at [email address] or
Alan Witcombe
Manager, Ministerial Services
Communications & Ministerial Services
Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment
PO Box 3705
Wellington 6140
Your request was received on 2 November 2016 and a response will be sent to you as soon as possible.
Yours sincerely
Alan Witcombe
Manager, Ministerial Services
Communications and Ministerial Services