Sea cucumber poacher gets jail time
When police in New Zealand stopped Jason Nix’s car on an unrelated matter, they found more than twenty times the daily catch of sea cucumber in it – and called…
Prison term for NZ fish trader
A sixteen-month prison term has been handed to the former director of a New Zealand fishing company who was aware that fish were being caught and landed illegally for profit.…
NZ implements new penalties for fisheries offences
Fisheries offences will be subject to a broader range of penalties in a drive to ensure that the punishment fits the crime under regulatory changes that come into effect on…
Aerial portion of tori line being towed behind a deep-set Hawaiʻi longline commercial fishing vessel. Towing this line behind the vessel during setting operations interrupts seabirds flight patterns by making it more difficult for them to dive on sinking, baited hooks helping to reduce the opportunities for seabirds to become hooked or entangled in the fishing gear.
Stiff penalty for failing to deploy tori lines
A fishing company based in Northland in New Zealand has been fined $16,500 for failing to deploy the correct longline gear, and for providing a false statements on fish landing…
NZ seeks common sense rules changes
A series of proposals floated by New Zealand’s Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) outline a number of changes that aim to increase the certainty, efficiency and responsiveness of fisheries management.…
Seafood trader slammed with fines and jail time
A fish trader in the New Zealand capital of Auckland has been handed heavy penalties for trading illegally caught fish. Sea World Limited which traded as Seamart has been fined…
NZ ramps up longline requirements
Beefed-up regulations governing seabird strikes in longline fisheries are being introduced by Fisheries New Zealand, aiming to reduce the risk of seabirds, including critically threatened albatrosses, being caught accidentally by…
Heavy fine for disabling reporting device
A New Zealand fisherman who deliberately disabled the Geospatial Position Reporting (GPR) device from his fishing vessel has been landed with a heavy fine by the Nelson District Court in…
Trainers from New Zealand, Australia and the FFA have been coaching the Cook Islands’ inspection teams in high seas boarding and inspection procedures
High seas boarding and inspection training
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 successful prosecution by Ministry for Primary Industries resulted in a two-year sentence for a crayfish poacher. Images: MPI
Two-year stretch for crayfish poacher
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…
