Inspection teams have been honing their skills in high seas boarding and inspection at the Maritime Division Office in Avatiu, expanding the Cook Islands’ maritime surveillance capabilities when patrolling on…
A hefty prison sentence of 26 months has been handed down by a court in New Zealand to a poacher who was at the centre of an extensive crayfish poaching…
Nelson fishing company Westfleet Fishing and the skipper and mate of Tasman Viking have been fined close to $70,000 for failing to assess and report coral caught while fishing on…
A New Zealand fisherman has been hit with fines of $26,500 (approx €14,800) for omitting to log catches of roughly 2500kg of mostly snapper, as some kahawai and gurnard. Penalties…
Members of a black market crayfish poaching ring in eastern New Zealand that netted thousands of dollars in illegal sales have been sentenced to home detention and community work. The sentences, in the Whakatane District Court, follow…
New Zealand’s Oceans and Fisheries Minister David Parker has decided the recreational pāua (abalone) fishing season will take place from 15th April to 15th June, and the commercial fishery is…
A fisherman and his company in New Zealand have been handed fines and a three-year fishing ban after being found guilty of contravening a variety of regulations. A court in…
The former skipper of a trawler and fishing company Amaltal Fishing have been found guilty by a court in New Zealand of fishing offences that took place in 2018 when…
Fishery officers are using digital technology to protect New Zealand’s fishery resources during Auckland’s COVID-19 restrictions. During the first lockdown in 2020, fishery officers were able to work as per…
A fishing company in New Zealand has been handed heavy fines by a court in Invercargill for a variety of offences, including finning shark catches. A fine of $18,000 has…