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Over the past two decades, fewer vessels have trawled the South Pacific’s high seas. Companies from only one country have kept at it, an island nation with a green reputation: Aotearoa New Zealand. Most of the trawling is legal, for now, but in late August, a New Zealand court convicted a subsidiary of Talley’s Group […]
Members of the Rail and Maritime Transport Union (RMTU) working at Timaru's port have issued a third strike notice.
New Zealand-based Sanford Limited has agreed to forfeit its vessel San Waitaki after it was caught illegally fishing in a protected area.
The commercial fishing company was convicted on three representative charges.
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Sanford to forfeit $20m vessel, fined for bottom trawling in restricted area 23 Feb, 2021 04:27 AM 3 minutes to read NZ Herald Commercial fishing company Sanford Limited has been ordered to forfeit a $20 million vessel, and fined $36,000 for bottom trawling in a restricted area. Sanford was convicted on three representative charges relating to fishing in the Puysegur Benthic Protection Area, west of Stewart Island. The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) found the vessel – the San Waitaki – to have illegally bottom trawled in the Puysegur Benthic Protection Area while targeting orange r...