Aotearoa Fisheries posts smaller FY earnings as Sealord profit drops, trims dividend

Aotearoa Fisheries posts smaller FY earnings as Sealord profit drops, trims dividend
Sophie Boot
By Sophie Boot Dec. 23 (BusinessDesk) - Aotearoa Fisheries, which manages more than $530 million of fisheries assets for its iwi shareholders, reported a 27 percent decline in annual profit on reduced earnings from its half-stake in Sealord Group.  Net profit fell to $16 million in the year ended Sept. 30, from $21.9 million a year earlier, the Auckland-based company said in a statement. Aotearoa Fisheries said the contribution from Sealord, which it jointly owns with Japan's Nippon Suisan Kaisha, was lower than the $12.7 million it recei...