NZ: Boat Seized for Illegal Trawling

Two North Otago men are facing “significant fines” and the forfeiture of a fishing boat after pleading guilty to charges of trawling in a prohibited area off the South Canterbury coastline.
The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) charge was filed after reporting data logged for the FV Triton on January 11 this year showed a “fishing event” inside the prohibited no commercial fishing area off the Ōrari River in South Canterbury...
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