Julia GabelPolitical Journalist·NZ Herald·30 Aug, 2026 12:32 AM2 mins to read‌Act leader David Seymour (right), pictured during a previous media stand-up with fellow Act MP Cameron Luxton in Wellington. Photo / Mark MitchellThe Act Party will campaign on introducing harsher penalties for breaching fisheries rules and introduce new limits for certain shellfish to protect rock pools.

The party is also promising to permanently ban scallop-dredging in areas that are under pressure and establish a “distinct fisheries management area” inside the Hauraki Gulf