Nelson fishing company, skipper & first mate fined nearly $70K for failing to assess & weigh coral when bottom trawling

A Nelson fishing company, skipper and first mate have been fined a total of $69,750 for failing to assess and report coral caught in their net when bottom trawling on the high seas in the South Pacific. Westfleet Fishing Limited was fined $56,250, ...

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