NZ: Commercial Fisherman Caught Trawling Through Protected Marine Reserve

A commercial fisherman caught out trawling an isolated marine reserve at the top of the South Island, and not submitting catch reports on time, has been fined.
Kelly Gavin Scoles, 37, appeared via video link for sentencing in Kaikohe District Court on Friday, and was fined $15,000 as well as the value of his catch on the day he trawled the reserve, the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) said.
In May last year, as master of the fishing boat Winbill, Scoles "deployed a bottom trawl net about 1.6km outside...
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