Sealord $24m vessel forfeited for fishing breach

Sealord $24m vessel forfeited for fishing breach
Gavin Evans
Sealord Group has been ordered to forfeit a $24 million vessel and fined $24,000 for bottom trawling in a protected area almost two years ago. The fishing giant reported the breaches of the fishing regulations and the firm was sentenced in the Nelson District Court today on the basis that it had not deliberately trawled in a protected area, but that it had failed to take reasonable steps to avoid the offending, the Ministry for Primary Industries said. The convictions resulted from a hoki fishing trip in late October 2018 on Sealord’s com...

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