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Amaltal Fishing fined $27,000 for fishing in Marine Reserve

Amaltal Fishing fined $27,000 for fishing in Marine Reserve 9 Mar, 2021 04:14 AM 2 minutes to read MPI says they expect fishing companies and skippers to know the rules before they go out, and to comply with them. Photo / 123RF NZ Herald Nelson based fishing company Amaltal Fishing Co has been fined $27,600 for commercial fishing in a protected Marine Reserve. Amaltal, owned by Talley s Group, was sentenced today in the Nelson District Court, having been convicted last year for fishing in the Hikurangi Marine Reserve with its vessel the Amaltal Mariner. The vessel s skipper, who was sentenced and fined last year, had charts onboard that show the Hikurangi Marine Reserve but it was not marked on the vessel s plotter, according to the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI).

Amaltal fined $27,600 for bottom trawling in Kaikōura marine reserve

The boat’s skipper, Darryle Saunders, maintained he was unaware he was in a marine reserve. At the Tuesday sentencing in the Nelson District Court, Amaltal’s defence lawyer Peter Dawson said Saunders was issued a catch plan for the trip which included directions to avoid restricted fishing areas. He stressed the captain’s responsibility to plot these co-ordinates on the vessel’s electronic plotting system. However, while the reserve had been marked on a paper chart on board the vessel, it had not been marked on either of the vessel’s electronic devices. Judge Jo Rielly said that she considered it unlikely a captain would rely solely on paper charts in a vessel that used electronic plotters.

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