Progressive party leader Jim Anderton says it was a good decision by Parliament's Primary Produce Select Committee to amend the Aquaculture Bill.
However, the report is under attack from others who feel the decision has not been made democratically.

The select committee has reported back on some proposed amendments to the bill, one of which would solve a long running legal battle over marine farming in the Coromandel District.
The Coromandel Marine Farmers Association represents a cooperative of marine farmers who had been farming under a single permit since 1998.
In 1999 Environment Waikato made changes to the marine farming provisions in its coastal plan. The position of the Coromandel marine farmers was then put in jeopardy after questions were raised about whether the site they were farming had been properly authorised.
When the new Aquaculture Reform (Repeals and Transitional Provisions) Act 2004 came into force things got worse for marine farmers in the Coromandel because the new legislation actually outlawed their activities. The new report plans to retrospectively fix the loophole that made the Coromandel marine farmers' activities illegal.
But, although the Bill is still not law, it is in trouble already with Auckland lawyer Richard Brabant, who represents the Yacht and Boating Association and landowners, saying he believes the committee was wrong.
"It seems to me wrong in terms of fundamental justice principles that where this type of proposal comes before a select committee, that it deals with it without hearing all sides of the position."
The Coromandel Marine Farmers Association declined to comment.