Trial of NZ Company Accused of Under-Reporting Catch Ends With Guilty Pleas, Sentencing in January
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [newzealandherald.co.nz] - December 29, 2017
Directors of Hawke's Bay's biggest fishing company face the possibility of huge fines and even banishment from the industry after a trial which lasted seven months in Wellington's District Court.
Initially scheduled for four months, the judge-alone trial of Napier-based Hawke's Bay Seafoods, associated companies Ocean Enterprises and Esplanade No 3, brothers and directors Nino and Joe D'Esposito, manager Marc D'Esposito and four boat skippers, started on May 18 and finished last week ...
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