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19 November 2024
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The Government has agreed to remove the annual cap of 940 foreign workers able to obtain a Fishing Crew Work Visa.
From 2 December 2024, employers can hire more migrants to fill skill shortages on fishing vessels when they don’t have enough qualified and experienced New Zealanders to do to the work.
Employers will still be required to obtain approval in principle from Immigration New Zealand (INZ) if they wish to recruit 7 or more overseas crew members for a single vessel.
Foreign Crew on Fishing Vessels – Approval in Principle
We have worked with the industry to pause the current allocation process for the upcoming cap year (31 October 2024 to 31 October 2025).
Removing the cap will bring immediate relief to the seafood industry, which employs over 12,000 people and earned over $2 billion from exports for the year ending June 2024. 89 per cent of the seafood workforce are New Zealand workers.
