Fisher Nate Smith is passionate about sustainable fishing - he's the driving force behind Gravity Fishing which operates between Southland and Rakiura/Stewart Island.

He is the latest generation in a long-running line of fishers on the Island and as well as supplying some of the country's high end restaurants he takes tourists out on fishing charters.

Nate also has his sights set on revamping the fishing quota system. 

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